On the Scene: Texas & Louisiana Industry Events for Spring 2017
VLK Architects participated at the 9th Annual IIDA Product Runway fashion show. It is an avant-garde couture fashion design competition that features the work of local interior designers, architecture professionals and interior design students who create handmade garments out of standard architectural finish materials such as glass, tile, carpet and plastic laminate. The April 28 event benefited the Houston Furniture Bank and Texas Association for Interior Design.
The VLK Product Runway team included Erin Rose (pictured at left), Chris Lyner, Krista Thomas, Michelle Elbers, Scott Dailey (at right) and Sydney Alford. Each competing team was assigned one hard material and one soft material that had to make up 80% of the final garment. Working with this year’s theme, “Cover to Cover,” VLK chose Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead” as inspiration and used materials from Mohawk Carpet and Staron Solid Surface. The cage of the outfit was made out of Staron Solid Surface and required a special saw to cut the pieces, which had to be custom heated and molded at a factory. In the end, the completed outfit was made up of more than 95% of the assigned material. VLK’s dress took three months and 70-plus hours of designing and hand sewing.