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Are you fond of watching Fashion Show here in JC? Then you probably had seen “THREADS: Wearable Art Fashion Show” at Jersey City Museum.

Emily Przybylinski – a JC resident who loves to take photos, record music, and make or collect various things – shares with us the proceedings of last Sunday’s event. Enjoy!

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Threads: Wearable Art Fashion Show was a fashion show and lecture presented at the Jersey City Museum on Sunday February 24th, 2008 focused on artists and ideas surrounding the use of technology and non-traditional materials in fashion.

Many local artists were involved, and the atmosphere was electric.

The event was free, and open to the public, drawing enough of a crowd that people were turned away at the door for fire safety concerns! The show was sponsored by _gaia studio, an organization that supports local artists, and featured 20 artists and designers.

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The first half of the show began with presentations by Despina Papadopoulos, designer and director of Studio 5050 (5050ltd.com), and Nora Abousteit and Benedikta von Karaisl, founders of BurdaStyle.com, a popular Open Source sewing community featuring free tutorials and copyright-free sewing patterns.

The wearable designs ranged from tongue-in-cheek to practical, and the artist talk at the start of the show generated interesting talking points during a Q&A session.

The show was followed by a reception inside the lobby of the museum, and an after party held at Bar Majestic on Grove Street.

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If you want to read more detailed events of THREADS, head over Emily’s blog post about the event, and see more fully-captioned pictures.

OR, you can visit her photoset on Flickr.

Thanks Emily for sharing your experience!

Emily can be found on her blog at Go Go Distro.

If you’d like to share your experiences and stories about JC, feel free to send me an email at info@jcregister.com.