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Goodwill Rock the Runway – Designer Chloe Bacot

  Goodwill Rock the Runway is all about designers re-purposing clothing found in the Goodwill stores. If you want to hop on the vintage train but up-cycling clothing intimidates you, there are still a ton of things you can find at Goodwill as is. Here are a few of my favorite things I have collected from Goodwill over the years, and surprisingly a good number of designer labels!   Shoes I have found some great vintage heels like these Stuart Weitzman heels pictured…along with a number of Ferragamo flats from the 60s!   Jackets These are three of my favorite coats and [...]

By | 2015-02-10T14:27:17-05:00 February 10th, 2015|

Online Voting is Now Open!

  Rock the Runway online voting is NOW OPEN. Which designs are your favorite so far? Remember you can see each designer's six remaining looks the night of the show! VOTE HERE: --------> http://woobox.com/xcq5bx

By | 2015-01-20T17:39:31-05:00 January 20th, 2015|

Preparing the Royal Court

  Usually, I'm skeptical about letting other eyes peep at my sketches because it's like reading my journal (definitely no eyes allowed). I want to share this sketch, in particular, because I want to explain how my ideation for my theme for the fashion show came to be: For this year's Goodwill Rock the Runway show, my theme is "The Queen's Court " -  a fashionable homage to the Queen of Hearts from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland similarly to Disney's "Alice in Wonderland." Before I decided on my theme, I was having designer's block (similar to the effect of writer's [...]

By | 2015-01-14T20:10:58-05:00 January 14th, 2015|

No Sew Snow Socks!

Have you ever had one of those days where you have an idea of the outfit you want to wear but you don't even have that outfit? I'm sure it has, or at least the thought of "I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR" has gone through your mind.   The other day for some odd reason I was determined to wear knee high socks with my knee high leather boots, but there was a problem...I only have black and white striped knee highs. There was no way I could wear the pair I own, whats the fun in that? I envisioned a [...]

By | 2014-11-25T14:15:18-05:00 December 3rd, 2014|

News Interview

How many people get the chance to display their talent on television????? Well I am one of the limited few!! On October 18,2014 I was interviewed on News 2 to give a sneak peak of my designs for the Good Will Rock The Runway Fashion Show. The fashion show will take place February 20,2015 at the Empire Room located in Downtown Greensboro. .  This was such an amazing opportunity, even though I was a little nervous in the beginning. I was able to speak about my collection and tell the audience how I created two of my designs.    If you missed the [...]

By | 2014-11-25T14:13:42-05:00 December 1st, 2014|