Stephanie Ohnmacht Designs for Cydney Payton

We’re down to the final three designs for the a Cydney Payton Design Challenge, a special bonus competition that Cat organized as part of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Cat will announce the winner on the runway this Wednesday, April 25 — the last Fashion Project show for this year…

Lisa Ramfjord Elstun Designs for Cydney Payton

Cat got a little behind on posting the sketches for the Cydney Payton Design Challenge, a special addendum to the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Eight of the competing designers submitted “museum-opening outfit” sketches to the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, who will choose her favorite. The winner will…

A Weekend in Fashion

Richard Bemis It’s a busy, busy fashion weekend in town. Here’s your cheat sheet for making it through; just put it in your Trapper Keeper and head out on the town. Oh, and if you score any good — or so bad they’re good — fashion photos, send them over…

And the Challenge 3 Winner Is…

The slideshow of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project third runway show is now up. Check out all the designs here, then come back and visit Cat to post a comment about who you think should have won. The designer with the most “votes” will score a gift certificate to Sketch…

Hot Mama

We’ve all seen Super Mario eat copious amounts of mushrooms, but have you ever considered the care that goes into preparing such delicacies? In Cooking Mama: Cook Off for the Wii, Wolfgang Puck wannabes are thrust into the kitchen — alongside “Mama,” the game’s titular chef — where they’ll chop,…

Speak Your Mind

Later today (Thursday) there will be a complete slideshow of last night’s Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Can’t wait until then to tell the judges who you think should have won Challenge #3? Post your comments below. (You’ll have to wait for the slideshow to see who actually won!) Any comments…

Gino Velardi Designs for Cydney Payton

Today’s contestant in the Cydney Payton Design Challenge is Gino Velardi, who is best known around town for his stunning gowns. Seriously, he has this feathered babydoll number that Cat might just kill for…but that’s another story, as he’s got something else in mind for the director and curator of…

Crystal Sharp Designs for Cydney Payton

Today’s entry into the Cydney Payton Design Challenge comes from Crystal Sharp, whom everyone knows as the proprietor of She She on South Broadway and Bayaud. Check out her design, and then go here to see the slideshow of what she — and the other eleven designers competing in the…

Mona Lucero Designs for Cydney Payton

And now Cat presents the second entry in the Cydney Payton Challenge, a design created by local fashion fave Mona Lucero. Next week Payton will choose her favorite sketch, and the winner will be announced on the Tamarac Square Fashion Project runway on April 25. Stay tuned to Cat every…

Cydney Payton Challenge: Tricia Hoke

Cydney Payton is the city’s reigning art matriarch. And how lucky we are, because Payton’s no stodgy old maven. No, the executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver loves Manolo Blahniks and red lipstick, wishes she could meet Miuccia Prada, is listening to TV on the Radio, and even…

And the Challenge 2 Winner Is…

Nicole Popovich One of Cat’s faves from the second challenge of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. To view the slide show, click here. Cat will be honest: She expected some trash to come down the runway during the second challenge of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Not that she’s disrespecting…

Olympian Gold

The residents of Mount Olympus haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep since Kratos moved in. Not only is the new god of war a grumpy, self-professed god-hater, he got the throne by killing Ares, something that naturally makes the other gods a little…jumpy. It’s not long before Zeus — who…

Contestant #12: Lisa Ramfjord Elstun

At long last Cat has bio for the final contestant competing in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. There had been some confusion over images and the like, so Cat offers her apologies to all of Lisa’s fans who have been looking for her bio. And there are many, as evidenced…

Bliss

The hot pool looking over Gold Lake. Cat got away on Saturday and headed up to Gold Lake Mountain Resort and Spa, about 45 minutes outside of Boulder. The intent was to take city-slicker Stacy up to the hills for some R&R with a hike, horse-back ride massage and brunch…

Show Off

Cat is out and about today with a friend who is in town from New York. Regulars to The Cat’s Pajamas will recognize her as “Stacy,” the commenter who consistently harasses Cat about her taste in shoes. While she’s in town, there’s one event we’ll definitely hit: SEED, Fashion Denver’s…

And the Winner Is…

Nicole Popovich Guess who made Cat’s personal fave from the challenge. Judging the Tamarac Square Fashion Project was a nerve-shattering hell ride, as the Westword music editor likes to say. Each one of the designers really reached for their full potential — and then some. Each dress was incredibly time…

A Very Special Cat’s Pajamas Challenge

Cat has some very amazing news for the twelve designers competing in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project: Cydney Payton, the director and curator of the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, has agreed to judge a special challenge. As one of the leaders of the local arts community — and a…

For the Birds

A video game about birds flying biplanes makes as much sense as a game about fish captaining submarines, but there are far bigger gripes to be found in Wing Island for the Wii. “In a world ruled by birds,” explains the manual’s grim version of the future, Sparrow Wing Jr…

The Challenge: Little Black Dress

Cat has been coveting this little black Rami Kashou dress for a long time. Don’t forget: April 4 is the first of the challenges being presented as part of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Last Wednesday night the twelve competing designers were asked to go forth with $15o and create…

Cowboy Up

Denver City Councilman Doug Linkhart found himself in a bit of a fashion conundrum last week. After being called a racist in a letter to the Rocky Mountain News — based on his statement about kids who wear “saggy, baggy pants all over the place” — Linhart’s campaign manager joked…

Cease Fire!

Sean Rice The very helpful Matt from Denver Bullets. Plus, we know how much Cat loves camo! Last Saturday, March 31, Cat went to check out a different kind of accessory — one that fires fifty-caliber bullets. You see, while she loves fashion and frippery, she also writes about homelessness,…

Contestant #11: Alec Smith

We’re almost through the full dozen designers competing in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Here’s to Alec, who loves Jackie O and Maris the Great! Brit Coleman Name: Alec Smith Company name: Aki Getsu Years designing: 10 Bio: Alec Smith’s obsession with design started when he attended Denver School of…