Detroit By Design 4 Year, in pictures

Cyberoptix Tie Lab founder and designer Bethany Shorb ties on one with the boys. - oh WDIV/Angela's Eye, you are teh fuuuunnny! ;) Soooo true....

Thanks so much to the hordes of people that made it to a magnificent show, Detroit By Design's 4 Year Anniversary was our first runway show in a long time. How do you make showing a tiny little accessory into something that people will bother taking a look at? Super interesting models and photographers sure don't hurt. ;) Binding them with hundreds of ties (and tape) is a good start too. Special thanks to my main photographers Amy Hubbarth, Josh (grimindistries.com) and Christos (detroitartist.org) for capturing all the brou-haha and my models...of course. Without them, neckties just really aren't all that exciting.




Sample/debut from a forthcoming line of latex dresses crafted from re-purposed, cold-war era weather balloons. Yes, this means "something other than ties" is in the works. *gasp*!














Such patient, tolerant and loyal models let me half-blind them and wrap their pretty little heads in tape!

Enough screwing around in the portrait area, on to the runway...

















So at about 1am, a quick costume change and our dj alter-egos DETHLAB+1 come out to play. I'm not sure what I thought I was doing, but I was hell-bent on making the most ridiculous faces and faux-music-making o-faces on this green earth. We must have been having fun or something. Photos all by Amy...


Broken goat? Here I am apparently quite dismayed at the site of my comparatively flaccid goat. Where is my goat? Where is my mind? who the eff knows.


My goat-throwing can sure use some work, but the fist pumping I have down. Yep. Most certainly do. RAWK. I look constipated, I assure you I wasn't.


Who me? I didn't do it. Dear lord it's a good thing I don't have much in the way of boobs, cuz that would have been a nipslip for sure.

So that's it for now. We had a fantastic show and then dj set after. Not that playing other people's music is particularly difficult, but we sure seem to have a darned fine time doing it. Doing two shows in one night was an extra special bit of fun especially while in the throes of getting holiday orders out the door, but we're masochists and wouldn't have it any other way. More special thanks to Mr. Doyle for help in visually producing the show and modeling, and my assistant David Blunk II for both walking the show as well and keeping my sanity.

xox