Palm Desert Fashion Show Features Interior Designers Turned Fashion Designers

During Fashion Week El Paseo there were many high-fashion designs

, but not all were from the top local fashion designers. Night number two saw a twist, giving interior designers the chance to expand their decorating talents into fashion pieces. Much like a Project Runway challenge, 23 of the deserts leading interior designers were invited to create outfits based on pieces from the Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition The Passionate Pursuit: Gifts and Promised Works from Donna and Cargill Millan Jr. But there was a catch! Each look had to utilize home design materials to be judged by a panel including ex-catwalkers Beverly Johnson and Cheryl Tiegs.

Kimberly Swanson took home the grand prize for her 40-pound, 1960s-style sheath dress laden with small squares of blue, red, yellow, and green CaesarStone quartz countertop tiling. The CaesarStone Dress was inspired by Andy Warhols 1967 work Portraits of the Artists (from Ten from Leo Castelli). Understanding the weight of the quartz was very difficult, said winning Palm Desert-based interior designer Kimberly Swanson, a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, the evenings headlining partner.

Quartz countertops from CaesarStone and other big names can be very heavy definitely not your average fashion material, nor a snap to work with. To buffer the immense weight of the tiles, Swanson added a layer of fabric underneath the white, shiny vinyl dress, aptly named Edie after Warhols infamous Factory-era muse, Edie Sedgewick. The tiles were adhered to the short, sleeveless garment with fashion tape and industrial glue. And surprisingly, not a single tile fell out of placecomeshowtime.

Swanson wasnt the only creative jack-of-all-trades who chose to use commonly found countertop materials. Candice Knox, a representative for Cambria Quartz Surfaces, created a Cambria quartz cascade of black, gray and white tiles affixed to the skirt of a black sleeveless dress. Simply called The Cambria Dress, the look was inspired by artist Brice Mardens minimalist abstract painting Cold Mountain Series (Zen Studies 1-6). The dress, which reportedly weighed 60 lbs., finished in the nights top five looks. Incidentally, judge Cheryl Tiegs is a Cambria spokesperson.

About CaesarStone

CaesarStone is the original quartz surface manufacturer. The company produces premium quartz countertops & surfaces, complementing any design application, from traditional to contemporary, for both home and commercial applications. CaesarStone products are available through kitchen and bath retailers, fabricators, architects, designers, builders and distributors nationwide. Offering a Residential Lifetime Warranty, CaesarStone products are nonporous, stain, scratch and heat resistant. A sustainable material, CaesarStone is GREENGUARD certified and the company is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). For more information about CaesarStone and its products, please visit the companys website at www.CaesarStoneUS.com, or call toll-free 877-9QUARTZ (877-978-2789).

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