Nicole Couch knows how to take an old piece of clothing and make it new again.
She scours East Coast thrift shops, consignment stores and any place she can look for vintage items.
Couch’s fashions appeared in one of 10 runway shows Friday and Saturday in Pittsburgh’s inaugural fashion week. The event ended Sunday with a Pittsburgh Fashion Hall of Fame luncheon
“Hopefully, the city is more stylish because of it,” says LaMont Jones, assistant director and marketing manager for Fashion Week, in which Pittsburgh was treated to seven days of runway shows and a weekend of shopping. The runways were filled with collections from local designers and boutiques as well as the Spring 2011 couture line of internationally renowned designer Zang Toi. Read More from Trib Live
By JoAnne Klimovich Harrop, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW