FASHION Magazine

  • Halifax: Young designers duke it out at Off the Cuff

    by Nadine LaRoche
    Creations by (<i>from left</i>) Alison Seary, Louanna Murphy and Askay Tyagi. Photography by Shaun Simpson
    Creations by (from left) Alison Seary, Louanna Murphy and Akshay Tyagi. Photography by Shaun Simpson

    Down the open back of one dress, a waterfall of hard drive platters and spindles spill along the model’s spine. On another, vinyl records make up a dramatic, bell-shaped skirt. Anti-slip fabric folded into box pleats puffs out below a bodice of cassette tape on a third cocktail dress, and a fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh pull together even more shiny bits, from silver-sprayed Christmas tree light bulbs to strips of film and strings of CDs. These are the ingenious creations hatched from week one of Off the Cuff, a fashion competition and runway show that has taken its inspiration from Project Runway and found its home in Halifax’s Argyle Fine Art gallery (1869 Upper Water St., 902-425-9456).

    Posted in Akshay Tyagi, Competition, Halifax, Louanna Murphy, Off the Cuff, Project Runway, Stephanie Fortin, Style