“One of the things we were really trying to encourage with this is that local doesn’t mean second rate,” says Brandt Eisner. He’s the designer and assistant director at Argyle Fine Art who organized Off the Cuff, this summer’s local designer competition. Its intent was to give more exposure to local designers and help people […]
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Fashion designers compete in Off the Cuff competition
All of a sudden the race is on. A palpitation-inducing jazz beat provided by St. Germain’s album Tourist echoes off the squash-court-sized ceilings of Argyle Fine Art. With nervous giggles, seven amateur fashion designers rush to their stations, marked by modestly wrapped supplies on white pedestals. Each must make the perfect little black dress using […]