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!
During the Omaha Fashion Week Spring 2024 AUDACIOUS Season, we witnessed an incredibly full night of student designers from high school and college programs around Omaha, we were thoroughly impressed with the talent, creativity, and craftsmanship form this next generation of designers.
We are excited to announce the winners from Wednesday’s Metropolitan Community College Student Night and Thursday’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Student Night showcases!
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 wrapped the AURORA season celebrating 15 years of fashion by looking forward to a new dawn. The Omaha Design Center proudly hosted 42 emerging and featured designers, over 450 models, and Omaha Fashion Campers on the runway this season! Omaha did not disappoint, with almost 3,000 attendees showing their support over the three days.
During the Omaha Fashion Week Spring 2023 DE PONTE Season, we witnessed two full nights of student designers from high school and college programs around Omaha, we were thoroughly impressed with the talent, creativity, and craftsmanship form this next generation of designers.
We are excited to announce the winners from Wednesday’s Metropolitan Community College Student Night and Thursday’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Student Night showcases!
Afromaha’s 5th annual African Fashion Week Omaha is March 25th at the Leo Ballroom and Omaha Fashion Week is the proud red carpet sponsor! This year will showcase the rich versatility of African fashion by talented local and special guest designers. AFWO2023 will feature designs in the rich, bold, colors that typically represent African fashion, incorporated in traditional wear, urban, Afrofuturistic, and haute couture pieces.
Omaha Fashion Week wrapped the DE PONTE season celebrating 15 years of fashion from under the 10th St bridge, to the Omaha Design Center and everything in between. The Omaha Design Center proudly hosted 130 cancer survivors and 12 boutiques for Methodist’s Cancer Survivor Showcase, 7 high school programs presented by Metropolitan Community College, 64 looks from design students at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 27 emerging and featured designers, over 400 models, and Omaha Fashion Campers on the runway this season! Omaha did not disappoint, with over 4,000 attendees showing their support over the five days.
DESIGNERS ANNOUNCED! Omaha Fashion Week is excited to return to the runway this spring for the first time in 2 years! This DE PONTE season, is Latin for "from the bridge" in honor of Omaha Fashion Week's start under the Jackson Street bridge to glamorous celebrations at the Omaha Design Center, and everything in between. The highly anticipated spring season, making its return post-COVID, will present designers of many backgrounds, experiences, and inspirations.
The talented, local creatives on Omaha Fashion Week’s Selection Panel have spent countless hours interviewing and selecting designers. Meet the Emerging + Featured Designers who will be sending collections down the Omaha Fashion Week Runway this fall.
Omaha Fashion Week wrapped a MAGIS season celebrating four fashion-packed days of talent in the Midwest, after an entire year away from the runway. The Omaha Design Center proudly hosted 34 designers, over 250 models, and Omaha Fashion Campers on the runway this season! Omaha did not disappoint, with over 2,300 attendees showing their support over the four days.
Join the Omaha Fashion Week team for a celebratory brunch to cap off a week of Fall Fashion Showcases at the Omaha Marriott Downtown at the Capitol District on August 28th from 12-2pm. The Queen's Brunch will showcase a live performance and fashion theater by Borris Powell, a Chicago-based Fashion Designer and frequent Headliner on the OFW Runway.
Join us for this grand opening event at a restored, historic ballroom that has been newly acquired by the Omaha Event Group - The Leo Ballroom. Experience Omaha Fashion Week in a brand new show format - Fashion Theater! Produced by Chicago designer, Borris Powell, this show debuts his latest collection with an original music score performed by a live band, featuring models and dancers...with vocals provided by Borris himself.
DESIGNERS ANNOUNCED! Omaha Fashion Week is excited to return to the runway this fall for another season of fashion and glamor! This MAGIS season, meaning the excellence for the greater good, and that is what we celebrating during our Fashion-For-Good season. A revival of fashion in a time where art and expression are a commodity for innovation. Omaha Fashion Week is committed to doing good in the community and we hope you will join us!
The talented, local creatives on Omaha Fashion Week’s Selection Panel have spent countless hours interviewing and selecting designers. Meet the Emerging + Featured Designers who will be sending collections down the Omaha Fashion Week Runway this fall.
Omaha Fashion Week is excited to return to the runway this spring for another season of fashion and glamour!
The talented, local creatives on Omaha Fashion Week’s Selection Panel have spent countless hours interviewing and selecting designers. Meet the Emerging + Featured Designers who will be sending collections down the Omaha Fashion Week Runway this spring.
Omaha Fashion Week wrapped a GLITCHED season celebrating three fashion-packed days of talent in the Midwest, after an entire year away from the runway. The Omaha Design Center proudly hosted 36 designers, over 250 models, and Omaha Fashion Campers on the runway this season! Omaha did not disappoint, with over 2,000 attendees showing their support over the three days.
Want to get involved in Omaha’s fashion community? Come out to the Omaha Design Center to support local designers by shopping looks straight from the runway at Shop the Runway Sunday, on August 29th from 11 AM - 2 PM.
The talented, local creatives on Omaha Fashion Week’s Selection Panel have spent countless hours interviewing and selecting designers. Meet the Emerging + Featured Designers who will be sending collections down the Omaha Fashion Week Runway this fall.
It’s time for designer interviews! We are proud to announce a group of talented, local panelists who will be selecting the designers who will showcase their collections on the Omaha Fashion Week Runway this fall. Keep reading to learn more about this season’s panelists.
Omaha Fashion Week organizers have announced the designers who will go on to compete in the Saturday August 29 VIP Finale. These designers will compete for prize packages totaling $10,000 in value on that evening, in addition to $2,000 in cash prizes on Thursday, Aug. 27 and Friday, Aug. 29.
Omaha Fashion Week organizers gathered yesterday at the Omaha Design Center for the first time since February to put the finishing touches on the August 27-29 event. Designers met with selection panel members, models, photographers, hair stylists and production team members.
OFW is excited to announce our new designer lineup for February 2019. This is one of the largest groups ever to participate in the spring season, many are new to OFW and come from all over the Midwest.
