MakeFashion Runway Debut for Ready-to-Wear Collection

By Chelsea Klukas, Founder — Lumen Couture

We showcased samples from our ready-to-wear retail collection on the runway for the first time at the MakeFashion 2018 gala at Beakernight.

Lace Collection Dress. Photo: Leya Russell for Edward Ross Studios. Stylist Leads: Ivonne Arsenault and Jason Mellor. Model: Chelsea Dawn Heyblom.

This September our Ready-to-Wear line made its debut on the runway at MakeFashion's 2018 runway show at Beakernight. We showcased three sequin dresses from our sequin line, and our white lace dress.

The sequin dresses are now available for pre-order to ship in time for holiday events. All dresses are also available for rental.

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In addition to the ready-to-wear line, founder Chelsea Klukas showcased a new version of her projection-mapping hat, and collaborated on a design for opera singer Michelle Minke. The show was held outdoors, including all of our setup, dressing rooms, and photobooth. Despite the cold weather, we had a great event.

See my video recap of the event here.

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Lumen Couture LED sequin collection. Photo by Juan Rivera. Model: Pauline Yee: MUA: Kyra MacPherson.

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Our gold sequin dress – now available for rental and order! Photographer: Zev Vitaly Abosh. Model: Amber Lee.

About the Author: Chelsea Klukas is an award-winning interdisciplinary technology artist and design leader. She has founded two companies exploring the intersection of fashion and technology (Lumen Couture and MakeFashion) and was recently granted her Doctorate of Fine Arts (h.c.) in 2019. Her Lumen Couture projector hat, a hat that includes real-time projection mapping and visual inputs to display video on a dress, has gained international attention as the first of its kind. She is an advocate for diversity and women in tech.

Lumen Couture is fashion that illuminates for unexpected elegance and drama. The designs are informed by the international fashiontech shows hosted by MakeFashion, an organization that introduces youth to STEM through hands-on fashion technology workshops.