"Frock & Roll: Fashion That Rocks" Featuring Project Runway Designer Alums

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Alexander McQueen and Stella Zotis designs side-by-side?

Ping Wu and Yves St. Laurent? YES!

Project Runway Season 7 designer, Pamela Ptak has curated a fashion show opening at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA on February 9th.

Stella Zotis white leather corset & grommet laced, embellished sleeve on loan to Frock & Roll from the designer's collection

Alexander McQueen black cotton corset top & flared wool pants with multi-gold zippers, vintage 1980's Vivienne Westwood gold "plate armor" ring on loan to Frock & Roll: Fashion That Rocks
Photo: Joseph Balestra

The Baum School of Art is pleased to present a fashion exhibit entitled Frock & Roll: Fashion That Rocks, from February 9th through March 2nd, 2012.

Consisting of high end designer fashions and accessories, the show explores fashion that exists outside the traditional boundaries of daily attire. Curated by fashion designer and Baum School fashion instructor Pamela Ptak, the garments have been selected from a diverse range of designers, some well established in the fashion pantheons of Paris, London and New York and some newly emerging, to express varying perspectives on what defines a garment.

Rather than a purely conventional interpretation of the theme, the show explores the spirit of rock & roll with it’s inherent irreverence, excitement, & attitude.

Additional Project Runway designers featured in the show include Ben Chmura, Marla Duran, Kristin Haskins Simms, Mila Hermanovski, Jay Nicolas Sario, and Pamela Ptak.

Click here for more details and photos of the designer garments.

Click here for more information about the school.

Click here for a full list of participating designers.

Gretchen Jones S/S 2012

Gretchen Jones debuted her Spring/Summer 2012 collection earlier today to an enthusiastic crowd in Chelsea. Seen here with Season 8 alum Kristin Haskins Simms, Gretchen featured very wearable separates and summer dresses with an urban cowgirl feel. The models were displayed in a straight police lineup, allowing for ample focus on her self-designed jewelry. Click here for a photo slideshow from WWD.

Congratulations Gretchen!

News from Kristin Haskins Sims and Jonathan Joseph Peters

Click here for a new interview with Project Runway Season 8 designer Kristin Haskins Sims.

Jonathan Joseph Peters will be presenting "The Garden of Colorless Flowers" Runway Show at StyleWeek Providence on January 22nd. Click here for more information.

From the Mailbox

According to Page Six, Heidi Klum is leaving Victoria's Secret.



Project Runway Season 6 Champion, Irina Shabayeva will be in Darien CT for a charity fashion event on October 7th. Click here for more information.

Click here for a new interview with Ivy Higa.

Pamela Ptak and Kristin Haskins Sims are among the designers showing collections at Philadelphia Fashion Week on October 9th. Click here for more information.

Anthony Williams will be at Macy's Union Square on October 14th. Click here for more information.

Results In - You Were the Judge Episode 4

Our polls for Episode 4 are closed. You disagreed with the judges and felt that Michael Drummond deserved the win. Click here to see the results. You agreed with the judges and thought that Kristin should have been the 'auf.' Click here to see the results.

Check back with us tomorrow for our Episode 5 poll.

BPR Podcast with Kristin Haskins Simms

Project Runway Season 8 designer, Kristin Haskins Simms talks about her experience on the show.
Click here for the podcast.
Thank you Kristin!

Meet Kristin Haskins Simms

Age: 39
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Profession: Apparel designer, freelance graphic designer and adjunct professor in graphic design
Favorite Designer: Ann Demeuelemeester



Click here for more about Kristin.