Cowtown designer displays Big Bend Collection at Fashion Week
Lizzy Bentley pictured at the City Boots show last Monday (Photographer – Greg Gutbezahl)
Published Sep 27, 2022
Designers invoked Fort Worth’s Western heritage during Fort Worth Fashion Week as a cowboy boot collection took over the runway.
The Big Bend Collection by Amarillo-based designer Lizzy Bentley was featured last Monday at Fort Worth Fashion Week (FWFW).
Bentley created a collection strewn with rich colors and unique stitching inspired by her travels in the canyons of Big Bend National Park in Southwest Texas.
“It’s a magnetic, remote destination that offers a sense of serenity and the kind of beauty that you only encounter in untouched places,” Bentley said in her blog.
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Local photographers, designers and fashion-lovers gathered to view the Big Bend collection at an intimate runway-style show at the William Campbell Gallery on Monday night.
“Fort Worth is unique because we are so diverse with people and fashion and still have a Western flare,” said Phillip Maximillian, FWFW creative director. “FWFW is highlighting that.”
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“I think the enthusiasm we have been met with from the community has been so inspiring and special,” said Bentley. “FWFW is such a great way to celebrate the unique fashion sense of the people of Fort Worth.”