Omaha Fashion Week’s designer selection process has wrapped and designers have been chosen for the Fall 2025 season! Our panel of experts have gone through each application and interview in order to assign designers to the categories emerging and featured based on levels of experience. Emerging designers are either brand new to the OFW runway, student designers, or veteran designers trying out a completely new method of creation. Featured designers are experts at their craft who will showcase high-quality, ready-to-buy looks on the runway.

During four days of showcases, we will be showcasing 12 Emerging Designers + 13 Featured designers who will present their collections during our Fall 2025 Season. Designer’s inspirations manifest through streetwear, eveningwear, avant-garde, and wearable art. We’ll see themes such as historical re-imagination, nature, culture, maximalism and minimalism, and activism on the runway. Exciting announcements about multiple headlining designers will be coming soon!

Our runway will see designers of all ages, nine of which are high school or college students. We have 13 designers returning to our runways and 12 designers who are brand new to our show. This group is from all over the U.S. including local Nebraskans, our neighbors in Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, and Missouri, and even more making the trek from California, Illinois, and Indiana.

Wednesday’s Designer Showcase, August 20th, will focus on community organizations and headliners will include Develop Kids and Omaha Fashion Camp! On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, August 21st-23rd, emerging and featured designers will debut looks on the Omaha Fashion Week Runway. Designers will be placed in their show orders following Rack Check and are listed in alphabetical order per night. View the lineups below!

Thursday, August 21st

Emerging Designers