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Vestavia Hills High School student Liz Link's outfit design made it to the final runway show of the Rising Design Star challenge at Birmingham Fashion Week 2016. Photo by Erica Techo.
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Vestavia Hills High School student Liz Link's outfit design made it to the final runway show of the Rising Design Star challenge at Birmingham Fashion Week 2016. Photo by Erica Techo.
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Vestavia Hills High School student McKinley Rohrer's sparkly design took her to the final runway show of this year's Birmingham Fashion Week Rising Design Star Challenge. Photo by Erica Techo.
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Vestavia Hills High School student Brooke Lindsey designed and modeled her outfit for the Rising Design Star Challenge at Birmingham Fashion Week. Photo by Erica Techo.
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Vestavia Hills High School student Brooke Lindsey designed and modeled her outfit for the Rising Design Star Challenge at Birmingham Fashion Week. Photo by Erica Techo.
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Vestavia Hills' Baskin Champion kicked off the Heidi Elnora show at Birmingham Fashion Week 2016. Photo by Erica Techo.
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Vestavia Hills High School student Milie Alonso's outfit, which included a top that converts into a clutch purse, made it into the final show for Rising Design Star at Birmingham Fashion Week. Photo by Erica Techo.
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Heidi Elnora (center) with two models from her show at Birmingham Fashion Week. Photo by Erica Techo.
Vestavia Hills High School senior Brooke Lindsey will have the opportunity to attend Savannah College of Art and Design with a $1,500 per year scholarship in the upcoming school year. Lindsey, 17, was one of three students selected during Birmingham Fashion Week for SCAD scholarships.
Birmingham Fashion Week took place from Aug. 25-27 at Boutwell Auditorium in downtown Birmingham. Scholarships were presented following the featured designer show at BFW. The show featured wedding dresses from Birmingham-based designer Heidi Elnora, and Vestavia Hills High School graduate Baskin Champion kicked off the show.
Lindsey first participated Birmingham Fashion Week's Rising Design Star challenge in 2014, and said she worked to embed her favorite flowers, orchids, into her design this year. Lindsey also modeled her design on the runway this year.
“When I’m designing, I try to think outside of the box and create something that has never been seen before,” she said. “I also ask myself if I would personally wear what I am designing.”
Hendrix was one of five Vestavia students who participated in Birmingham Fashion week, and one of four who made it to the finals. Finalists' outfits were shown in one last runway show on Aug. 27, the last night of Birmingham Fashion Week.
Other finalists from Vestavia included:
- Emilie Alonso, 17
- Liz Link, 17
- McKinley Rohrer, 17
