Sunshine Fashion Rock 'n Roll

Last Thursday, March 3, was another installment of SMoCA Nights at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Again, tickets for the event sold out early that day, turning away many who definitely missed out on the wonderful dance performances, creative artwork, tasty food, and an extra "Chill" runway show produced by LabelHorde featuring designs by Lisa Jacobs, Valentine Ramirez and Kali Lambson, Chelsey Totten, Bonita Arnold, Alex Ozers and the finale piece by Angela Johnson and myself. When will you people learn? Buy your tickets in advance! This show always sells out. SMoCA Nights was voted "Best of Phoenix" by the New Times, and the show continues to go strong, streamlining each time around and brining new wonders to the Valley. A must-attend.

Friday night, March 4, was the Tsunami Relief Music and Fashion show at Alice Cooper's Town, the brainchild of model Daynalyn Wain. What a success and what fun. I think the show was extra special because we all knew that our efforts were not in vain, this was for something much bigger than all of us. Eerily enough, the heavens opened up and dumped down on us while the second to the last designer took to the runway. Music equipment was brought inside to the extremely cool "Dungeon" where the final band performed acoustically, and models casually passed through the crowd. Over $1000 was raised and Jennyvi's gown, which was donated to the silent auction, sold. Rumor has it that a show with the same formula, and done for charity, will happen again in Sept. or Oct. Stay tuned.

This Friday, March 11, will kick off the Scottsdale Arts Festival, a three-day, juried event. We are honored to be presenting a runway show at 2pm each day featuring designers Angela Johnson, Rhonda Zayas (that's me), Jennyvi Dizon, Satori Fire Glass by Stephanie Tantillo, Tiffe Fermaint, Sommer Biddison, Christy Fisher, Lillian Langford, Monica Russ, Irina Bremmon, LaZazA by Tiffany Regacho and Susan Di Staulo. Hair and makeup provided by Ethan Murray of Urban Hair, Robert Saenz. The festival takes place in downtown Scottdsdale on the beautifully sculptured gardens of the Scottsdale Civic Center. This time, there's no excuse not to attend, as this show will run for 3 days, 2pm each day is the start time of our runway event. Now is the absolute perfect time to be outside in Arizona. The grass is green, sun is shining, and models will be walking in the hottest designs that will hit boutiques within the next few months.

Hope to see a lot of new faces this weekend!

-Rhonda Zayas