Posts Tagged fashion designer
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The dish with … Gino Velardi, fashion designer
By Lesley Kennedy After suffering a stroke at a young age in 2006, Gino Velardi found his fashion design dreams were put on hold. The stroke left Velardi, a Colorado native, paralyzed on his left side for a few months. "But with physical therapy and hope, I overcame," he says. "And with...
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The dish with … Fallene Wells, fashion designer
By Lesley Kennedy When Denver designer Fallene Wells was 11, and her sister was 18, she traveled to Brooks College for Interior Design in California to check out the school. "They also had fashion design," Wells says. "I can still vividly remember looking at all the dress forms and fashi...
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The dish with … Tricia Hoke, fashion designer
By Lesley Kennedy Independent Denver fashion designer Tricia Hoke grew up in Winter Park, moved to Denver after high school, and, instead of going to college as planned in New York, decided to stay in the Mile High City. She attended the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, where she says she ...
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The dish with … Mona Lucero, fashion designer
By Lesley Kennedy Born in San Francisco, and raised in Grand Junction, Mona Lucero says the first thing she ever wanted to be was an artist. She pursued that dream, earning a Bachelor's of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Colorado Denver, but a passion for fashion started to pull her in a ...
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The dish with … Gabriel Conroy
By Lesley Kennedy Gabriel Conroy is a fashion designer living in Basalt. His clothes are available for purchase exclusively by private appointment and at B'jewel in Aspen. We caught up with Conroy as he dished on his influences, his favorite style-makers and why green is the new black. [gall...
