The latest blog posts on the Midwest's Premier Fashion Event.
Giving back to our designers each season is a nonnegotiable for our team, which is why we’ve implemented many programs over the years to aid their ability to grow their brands, in hopes of sustaining a viable career in fashion.
One example of these programs is our Designer Kickback program, which we started over 10 years ago…
Meet the Headlining Designers…
Cover Photo: Photography | Heather and Jameson, Designer | Michael Drummond, Models | Develop Model Management
Omaha Fashion Week is thrilled to announce the designers for our Spring 2025 Season. We are returning to highlight fashion for good in our community, where self-expression, artistic vision, and individuality are celebrated. This season's designers are focused on immersive storytelling, finding inspiration from music and pop culture, and sharing vulnerable experiences.
Our friends at Develop Model Management are hosting the Scouted Model Contest again this season for models who walked in the Fall 2024 VERUS season of Omaha Fashion Week. Of the hundreds of models that walked the Omaha Fashion Week runway in August, 28 models were selected as finalists for the Scouted Contest based on their final pictures from the runway. Only one model can win, and that’s where you come in!
During our Fall 2024 season, OFW’s former producer, Brook Hudson, along with Owner and Director of Develop Model Management, Alyssa Dilts, continued a brand-new program inside of Omaha Fashion Week to support designers as they move through the seasons of our showcases. The Investor’s Circle is a public funding pool where anyone can donate any amount that will go directly into the pockets of our designers.We asked a few of last season’s grant recipients how it impacted their work and how they feel about the new program. Here’s what they said…
Want to relive your Omaha Fashion Week experience? We’ve rounded up all the photos, blog features, and press coverage from the August 2024 season…all in one place for your viewing pleasure! Stay up-to-date as we share more coverage from the season by following us on Facebook and Instagram.
Don’t forget to mark your calendar for our upcoming season in February 2024!
Cover Photo | Michael Pysh
Omaha Fashion Week wrapped the VERUS season which highlighted behind the scenes of what it means to be a model. The Omaha Design Center proudly hosted 30 emerging and featured designers, 8 headliners, 407 total looks over all 3 nights, and 284 models on the runway this season! Omaha did not disappoint, with 2,300+ attendees showing their support over the three days.
Throughout the week…
Designers competed nightly for prizes during Omaha Fashion Week Designer Showcases! Emerging Designers and Featured Designers were scored by an Omaha Fashion Week Selection Panel composed of Anthony Deon Brown, Brett Foster, Dan Ricters, Edelweiss Rothe, Jennie Mason, Jenny Pool, Kelli Molcyzk, and Kylin Flothe. The panelists scored designs based on the creativity and innovation of the collections and overall presentation. Each night, an Emerging Designer and a Featured Designer will walk away with prize money. Only one Emerging Designer and one Featured Designer will be the winners of our Grand Prize Packages!
Omaha Fashion Week’s Fall 2024 season concluded with an innovative show of Emerging and Featured designers. This season's designers draw inspiration from the natural world and repurposed materials while exploring themes of community and cultural heritage.
Omaha Fashion Week’s Fall 2024 season continued with an innovative show of Emerging and Featured designers. This season's designers draw inspiration from the natural world and repurposed materials while exploring themes of community and cultural heritage.
Omaha Fashion Week’s Fall 2024 season kicked off with a thrilling show of Emerging and Featured designers. This season's designers draw inspiration from the natural world and repurposed materials while exploring themes of community and cultural heritage.
Omaha Fashion Week is proud to present a new partner to our showcases, Millard Sewing Center. We take pride in the integrity of our partnerships with locally owned businesses that uplift the fashion community. Millard Sewing Center is our newest addition to our OFW family, with their generous contribution to our Golden Sheers Awards packages given to one lucky winner from the Emerging and Featured designer categories each season.
We sat down with our incredibly talented Editorial Beauty Director, Alia Jackson, the mastermind behind the beauty of Omaha Fashion Week’s editorial campaigns, to find out what it takes to make a career out of your passions.
Omaha Fashion Week makes it a priority to support our local arts scenes here in Omaha in every way we can. Every season we work with our incredibly talented Music Director, Keith Rodger ( aka KETHRO) to ensure our line up of DJs stays fresh. We are so proud to be highlighting our ALL FEMALE lineup of DJs for Omaha Fashion Week Fall 2024 VERUS Season!
Omaha Fashion Week is thrilled to welcome back FotoFunSpot as our official red-carpet photographer!
Cover Photo Designer | Sommer by Somerville, Models | Develop Model Management
Thank you to KETV for always having such an incredible team to work with during our Omaha Fashion Week showcases!
Omaha Fashion Week is proud to welcome back, Milan Laser Hair Removal, our official sponsor of the red carpet experience and runway this season. Milan Laser offers luxury hair removal services by body area, instead of session.
In partnership with Omaha Fashion Week, Milan Laser Hair Removal offers one lucky winner…
Omaha Fashion Week is lifting the veil and showing off behind the scenes in our Fall 2024 VERUS Season. This season's designers draw inspiration from the natural world and repurposed materials while exploring themes of community and cultural heritage.
Check out the full lineup for each night of designer showcases…
