Native trend designers joined forces on Could 28 for the first-ever North Bay Style Present and Dance at Petaluma’s Phoenix Theater to profit Face to Face, a Santa Rosa nonprofit working to finish the HIV in Sonoma County.
To kick off the night time, dancers from Santa Rosa Junior Faculty and Isis Goddess Temple, an interfaith temple in Geyserville, accompanied by percussionists, paraded by means of the venue “to create a mighty cyclone of booty-shaking vitality,” based on organizer Cincinnatus. Hibbard.
Attendees had been inspired to come back wearing brilliant and edgy outfits, after which hit the runway for an opportunity to win a tiara in considered one of eight themed classes: Tarot Card, Met Gala, Gender Drag, Pop Star /rock, recycled/recycled, competition put on, Y2K and numerous.
Sporting a home made rainbow outfit, Jaqueline Smith was declared the general winner and acquired an invite to current a trend assortment at subsequent yr’s occasion.
A trend present highlighted works by designers and stylists rigorously chosen by Hibbard, every representing a distinct aesthetic and age group. Featured had been designer Janet Aguirre, moral trend duo Mathilde Amiot and Joshua Thwaites of Huge Mouth Distinctive, artist and clothes painter Alejandro Salzar, and Buck Fortunate Collective founder Lena Claypool.
The night time ended with a efficiency by Yozmit the Dogstar.
Tickets for the dance had been $15. Contestants within the contest entered for $7.50.
The occasion raised over $2,500 for Face-to-Face and an nameless donor matched the quantity. Funds raised will go in the direction of the group’s prevention and care applications, which give HIV testing and direct help to Sonoma County residents residing with HIV.
“Once you break the principles of gown, which outline social identifications and roles, you destabilize them and maybe create freedom…it’s an act of revolt,” Hibbard mentioned.
