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In a scene from the 2013 Fashion Week Cleveland fashion show, a model wears a modern design made up of Scene Magazines on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Arcade in Cleveland.

(Joshua Gunter/The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - After 15 years, Fashion Week Cleveland has come to an end.

Fashion Week Cleveland founder and organizer Donald Shingler says that in its 15-year run, he believes the event accomplished everything he set out for it to do -- including putting a national spotlight on Cleveland.

While it is not clear what kind of actual effect the annual event had on the city's revitalization, the somewhat popular fashion-related gala gave runway experience to some young new designers.

When asked about the benefit of Fashion Week, Vincent Quevedo, a fashion designer and professor at the The Fashion School at Kent State University said Tuesday that Fashion Week Cleveland was a positive event, "a great place for people to learn more about fashion from all aspects of the fashion business from the industry point of view, education and museum partnerships."

Shingler says he is replacing Fashion Week with a new GlamJam Fashion & Music Festival, to be held this Thursday, May 4 on the West Bank of the Flats in the Greater Cleveland Aquarium and Windows on the River.

"We are creating a trial event called GlamJam Fashion & Music Festival. If history let's us, this will be Cleveland's Music Festival," says Shingler.

He describes the one-night event as a combination of the art of fashion and love of music. He says it will feature fashion designers showcasing their work as models walk a runway within the venue. There will also be designers and vendors, including High Pockets Boutique Truck, offering items for sale.

The evening's other attractions include music by local glam act Vanity Crash. The band's drummer is Thomas Mulready the co-founder of Ingenuity Fest and founder of Cool Cleveland. Fashion illustrator Diana Komjati will be on hand as well as other attractions including performances by local comic book characters Apama and Tap Dance Killer, and performance art by Steam Punk Aviator. There will be appetizers and an open bar with wine, beer and a signature vodka martini.

Designers include Jazmine Fischer of Copley, Victoria Cohen of Westlake, DeAndre Bayfield of Cleveland, Lotty Lewis of Bride on the Go, Kalli Raes Clothes of Cleveland and OgCrown.

GLAMJAM Details:



Where: Powerhouse Cleveland, 200 Sycamore Street, Cleveland.

When: Thursday May 4, 2017

Hours: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.



Tickets: Admission is $35 when purchased in advance through Eventbrite and they are $40 at the door.

Restrictions: You must be 18 years old or older to attend.

Event schedule: Event kicks off with the City View Dance Party from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Then the event moves to the Aquarium Cocktail Party until 11 p.m.



Links: The GlamJam website has more info.