The Era Exchange is a clothing and accessories brand that specializes in up-cycled and crocheted items. This brand was created by emerging fashion designer, DeAyrra (pronounced Dee-Air-rah) Greene, who was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Our mission is to create wearable art by combining crochet, fabrics and other textiles.

Futurekind Studio is the culmination of years of thinking and dreaming about influencing greater change in the fashion and arts industries, which remain largely exclusionary, competitive, and hierarchical. The vision behind Futurekind is to create an anti-capitalist space that encourages joy, collaboration, and purposeful design to create a better world for all of us. We value community, diversity, sustainability, and inclusion in all aspects of life, art, and design. Dress yourself to express yourself – wear what brings you joy. THERE ARE NO RULES!

Seoul Coyote is the styling brand created by Julia Bennett, a Korean adoptee, who loves to create anything tactile and provide people a full-sensorial experience when it comes to their inspiration in their own personal styling discoveries. For this specific Slow Fashion Festival, I will be upcycling by creating 6 cohesive looks in pertains to blending the Korean and American intersections of style for 6 decades.

Eternal emporium is based in the belief that everything in our lives should be romanticized and appreciated to its full potential. The way we adorn our bodies should be good for the soul and our planet, which is why we strictly use second hand and up-cycled materials. There is potential beauty in everything, you’ve just got to look hard enough.

Skin2Skin exists in tribute to interconnectivity - to the meeting of one's skin with another's, with clothing acting as a medium through which to communicate emotionally intimate or personal statements to the entire world around you.

Pamela Cooper is an American couture and ready-to-wear brand. Inspired by divinity, femininity and sexual liberation, Pamela Cooper was born.

Pamela specializes in crafting small batch, limited edition collections from dead-stock and vintage fabrics. Known for her craftsmanship, she combines dark and gothic details with the best of traditional corsetry and couture lingerie. All pieces are handmade by Pamela in her Houston studio. 

2 Good Texas is a one of a kind brand, focusing on extravagance and charm. Taking inspiration from theatre arts, burlesque, Mardi Gras costumes, Thierry Mugler, and a plethora of small designers on Instagram, I strive to create 1 of 1 pieces that are complete show stoppers. One day I hope to be able to create costumes for Movies, TV, and music videos. I want my buyer to wear something that nobody else can have.

Wholegrayn is a wearable art brand & zero waste fiber studio that creates bespoke garments, textile goods and fiber art. Garments are intuitively pieced together using textile scraps, fiber remnants and second-hand textiles (most often stained and damaged clothing.) All remaining textile waste, created during studio production, is then thoughtfully made into textile goods and fiber art. Wholegrayn's purpose is to help divert local textile waste from entering landfills or historically exploited countries. Lauren strives to do this by making her studio as circular as possible, resourcefully using discarded textiles and educating the public on the importance of clothing longevity and mending.

NYDG is an acronym for “Not Your Dream Girl”. It is the idea that “I am not your dream girl, only my own”. What that means is that the only dream girl one can be is to themselves. The only approval and acceptance you need is that of yourself. I incorporated the word “dream” because I am inspired by all that I used to dream and fantasize about growing up and today. It is through these inspirations that NYDG creates an inclusive brand to reference, fantasize and dream about together.

I knit and crochet using only second hand yarn, then infused each stitch with reiki to support a greener, cleaner and more magical world!

Lost Generation is an independent fashion brand that is owned and operated by a Catawba Indian woman. Our core line of handbags is manufactured in small batches at a home studio from soft, slouchy leather reminiscent of the deer skins that the Catawba people have tanned and made into clothing for millennia. We are focused on using natural materials, whether new or discarded, in timeless designs to create pieces that can be handed down to the next generation. Our designs can transition from day to night and season to season effortlessly with details chosen specifically to align with our inspiration–our founder's two grandmothers, both from the Lost Generation–such as fringe, braids, or beading like you might find on Native regalia or patterns of tiny flowers as on vintage fabrics. Lost Generation makes timeless goods for everyday use.

Cosmic Chaos was born in the wake of the passing of one of my closest friends in 2023. My friend Cami got me back into making jewelry, and it became part of my grieving process after losing them. Soon, I had more jewelry than any one person could ever hope to wear, and I began selling my pieces. 2024 was my first full year in business, and continuing to have opportunities to share my work with my community is more than I can ask for. Cami continues to inspire me on a personal and professional level and I make things that echo things that we both love; expressing identity, color, and sparkle.