Runway Spring Fashion Show

LAUNCH, a downtown-area pop-up boutique, is collaborating with Discovery Green to host its first fashion show featuring local designers. The show will take place on Saturday, Jan. 26, 5-8 p.m. at Discovery Green. 
Free and open to the public, this celebration of style will give more than 40 Houston-based apparel and accessories designers the opportunity to showcase their talents on the runway. Each look will reflect Houston’s sophistication and edge. Wellness salon and spa Riot Salon HTX will provide hair and makeup and DJ Little Martin will provide live runway music. Designer Chloe Dao, winner of Project Runway Season 2, will headline the show, which will also include Of Myth & Muse, Marilyn Biles, Edwige Pierre, Magpies & Peacocks and Kimono Zulu, among others.  

Fashion and art will collide as the park’s winter art installation GUST: Celebrating a Decade of Discovery, commissioned from Mexico City-based design studio Cocolab, illuminates the show’s runway. Composed of nearly 2,000 custom-made pinwheels installed along Discovery Green’s Brown Foundation Promenade, the work is animated by fluctuating breezes as well as interactions with the public, creating a kinetic field of color under Discovery Green’s live oak allée. 

Fashion-forward guests are invited to shop before and after the show at the Pop-Up Market located on the Hess Patio Deck. The market will have products from more than 20 LAUNCH vendors, including Chloe Dao, Modern Artifacts, Inclan, Brenda Grands, Diverscity, and more.  

The evening will roll on with an after party on Discovery Green’s Brown Promenade with DJ Little Martin spinning the latest hits as the models line the runway, giving guests a closer look at designers’ products. GUST activation stations along the promenade will allow guests to “be the breeze” and fully interact with the pinwheels. 

LAUNCH is located on the ground floor of Houston First Corp.’s Partnership Tower at 701 Avenida De Las Americas. The hours are from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday – Saturday. Shoppers visiting the boutique can park in Avenida North Parking Garage or take the Green Line on the Metro Rail to the Convention District.