On Thursday, October 7, 2010, Seattle-based men's wear boutique Blackbird presented its Fall/Winter '10 collections at Discovery Park's
Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Seattle, WA. Eleven models walked down three connected runways in front of a live musical performance by dark Brooklyn artrock trio
GHXST.
The styling for the runway show presented gradual progression of genres to show the wide diversity of Blackbird's labels and its customers. The show opened with classic, heritage-inspired looks by American staples such as
Pendleton,
Filson and
Woolrich Woolen Mills before progressing into a more modern mood with
Robert Geller,
Fidelity and
Vandalist by Vandal. The final articulation was an homage to the boutique's more industrial designers, featuring Japanese cult-favorites
Julius and
Diet Butcher Slim Skin, Los Angeles-based dark luxury designer
Odyn Vovk and Swedish knitwear designer
Lars Andersson.
The runway presentation was used as a means to raise funds for and draw attention to the
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, an organization founded to serve as a focal point for Native cultural renewal and regeneration in the Greater Seattle area. In attendance were Blackbird customers, local and national press and a wide variety of representatives from Seattle's aesthetic and cultural worlds.
Sponsors of the Blackbird Runway Presentation included: Gene Juarez, Ace Hotel, Xanté, Dry Soda Co., Barbour, Baxter of California, Diptyque Paris, Filson, Jonboy Caramels, Lulu Organics, Malin + Goetz, Moore & Giles, Obey, Pendleton, Stanley and Steven Smith Teamaker.
For the full image gallery, visit our
Blackbird Runway Presentation album on our
Facebook page.
