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Cosmo Couture 2010

Credit:Alfredo Flores, Special to Metromix

The 2010 Designer Charity Event, Cosmo Couture, was a juried competition and charity benefit in which local design firms partner with industry manufacturers to create high fashion inspired by the international community residing in Washington DC. Several countries—including the U.S., Ghana, Spain, Italy, and Greece—were on display in the over-the-top iconic outfits on the runway.  The work of the participating firms were showcased during a full runway show, which was a benefit for My Sister’s Place, Inc., the largest and oldest non-profit agency exclusively serving battered women and their children in the District of Columbia.

Pictured: The model for Ghana, led by the team at Gensler-3M

Left: U.S.A. (and their American cowboy, led by the team at SMITHGROUP-INSCAPE) Right: Italy, made by the team at Wisnewski Blair & Associates, Ltd-Carnegie

Greece, led by team at Adamstein & Demetriou-National Wallcovering, took top honors at Cosmo Couture 2010

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