5th Annual "Her Universe" Fashion Show

The ultimate runway for fangirl fashion, The Her Universe Fashion Show, returned for its milestone 5th anniversary show at San Diego Comic-Con. Host, Star Wars Actress, and Her Universe Founder, Ashley Eckstein, shocked fans by wearing the first-ever, one-of-a-kind couture gown made out of Funko Pops!

Designed by Andrew MacLaine, Eckstein’s gown was made out of 500 Jack Skellington Funko Pop! heads and weighed 40lbs. Eckstein’s gown was celebrating the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Twenty-four stunning fashions were presented with three winners crowned to win the grand prize(s):

Kristi Siedow-Thompson (PWL Chic: Ripley in the Powerloader, Aliens) was named the Audience Winner.

Cynthia Kirkland (The Couture of Water, The Shape of Water) was named the Judges Winner, by the expert panel of judges.

Jane Burson (Howl-In’ For You, Howl’s Moving Castle) was named the Singer Winner, for excellent sewing and construction.

Eckstein announced that the winners will be designing a Marvel Avengers 4 collection with Her Universe and Loungefly for Hot Topic. They will begin work immediately on their collections.

Later in the show, the audience erupted when Jodie Whittaker (the new Thirteenth Doctor) walked the catwalk in a new Her Universe Dr. Who inspired line as part of the show.

On the heels of the announcement at Comic-Con of the return of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Disney’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker) and Dee Bradley Baker (Clone Trooper) joined Ashley on stage wearing part of the new Clone Wars 10th anniversary collection from Our Universe.

Four junior designers were announced as the winners of the Cartoon Network Junior Designer Contest.

Miranda Robles-Tuttle, Zoe Chavez, Jelly Austin and Corina Marie Smith walked the runway in their original designs inspired by The Powerpuff Girls. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Powerpuff Girls. The four junior designers won the opportunity to design a fashion collection with Her Universe for Box Lunch.

(All Photos by Mark Edwards. Hair and Make-up Partner: Espionage Cosmetics Ashley Eckstein’s Hair and Make-up by Stephanie Lizabeth)

Comments

#5 babawawa 2018-07-30 09:49

I shared this link with my granddaughter who is an art student. We both found it funny and fascinating. There are many great features on TQS about the art, craft, techniques, and history of quilting and textiles. Sometimes it's fun to just to lighten up and take a look at the big wide world and see what other folks ar up to.

#4 GrannyD 2018-07-27 15:34

To each his own, but my take was to enjoy the heck out of these presentations! Their creativity and ability to bring their concepts to life was amazing as well as amusing. I wish luck to the junior designers in their future endeavors!

#3 Maritza 2018-07-27 08:36

Thanks so much for sharing this. It was great to see such creative and inspired works. Executing on some of these ideas must have been a real challenge, and I loved seeing the young kids stretching themselves. What fun!

#2 Jen 2018-07-26 21:50

Sorry Barb, but I disagree. It's fun to see what others are inspired to do and create with textiles of any type. I'm familiar with the movies/shows that we're inspiration for each of these pieces and it's so exciting to see how someone took purely visual inspiration (I.e. a movie or cartoon) and translated it to clothing in a way that still shows the source of inspiration. i hope to be as creative in my own works. I may not choose to use plastic figurine heads but mabey next time I'll consider throwing some silks or even *gasp* polyester into my next design

#1 barb 2018-07-25 21:35

Sorry but I didn't enjoy this. Not sure why you included it.

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