Tampa consignment store fuses fashion and photography with new featured art

High-end fashion designers will tell anyone that creating clothing is about more than simply cutting cloth. Design is a creative process, and there is often as much art work in a piece of finished fabric as in an original painting. At Designer Consignment- Fresh Threads in Tampa, Florida, fashion is fused with photography with the incorporation of the store's new, featured works of art: six original canvas pieces by local Tampa photographer Marissa Moss.

The Designer Consignment- Fresh Threads Facebook page describes the six works of art, pictured in the slideshow to the left, as 'hovering beautifully over our pretty selection of dresses!'

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Project Runway inspired fashion

"TAMPA- On and off the runway, contestants on Season 9 of the popular Lifetime Television show Project Runway know how to make it work. Between birdseed cocktail dresses and loud, safari-inspired silhouettes, the designers on the latest season were willing to make a statement with..."

Continue reading my latest piece about how Project Runway inspires local Tampa consignment fashion here.

For a look at more Project Runway-related fashion news, check out my take on the all-new spinoff, Project Accessory.


xoxo,
J

Photo credits: Lifetime Television

Consignment stores offer perfect refuge for last night's Halloween costumes

"Doing the walk of shame in your bunny ears, cursing a too-tight corset, or simply sick of fidgeting with your child's too-small Spiderman costume?

Parents and party-crashers alike, rejoice! Going green is in.

Cast off your uncomfortable, your outgrown, your symbolically shameful garments and do a good deed by giving them another life in the process. If trends make a difference between an item trashed or an item saved, Mother Earth can breathe a sigh of relief, because saving the planet is cool once more."

[They're awesome costumes, but they won't fit forever. Let another kid enjoy the fun!]

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xoxo,
Justine