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Iconcept 6


  • By Black Tie Staff
  • | 10:00 p.m. March 28, 2014
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Iconcept 6
Eduardo Anaya and Lauren Davis
Eduardo Anaya and Lauren Davis
Eric Cross and Zara Barrie
Eric Cross and Zara Barrie
Eric Cross getting Leslie Gnaegy ready for the runway show and Alex Mahadevan
Eric Cross getting Leslie Gnaegy ready for the runway show and Alex Mahadevan
Eric Cross getting Leslie Gnaegy ready for the runway show.
Eric Cross getting Leslie Gnaegy ready for the runway show.
Eric Cross adds the newspaper skirt portion to his design, modeled by Leslie Gnaegy.
Eric Cross adds the newspaper skirt portion to his design, modeled by Leslie Gnaegy.
Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Hosts Mallory Gnaegy and Lorenzo Hubbard
Leslie Gnaegy
Leslie Gnaegy
Guests wearing hats gathered on stage for the ‘High Hats & Big Wigs’ contest at iconcept.
Guests wearing hats gathered on stage for the ‘High Hats & Big Wigs’ contest at iconcept.
The finalists in the ‘High Hats & Big Wigs’ contest at iconcept.
The finalists in the ‘High Hats & Big Wigs’ contest at iconcept.
Camilla Houghton, Anna Massey and Cathy Massey
Camilla Houghton, Anna Massey and Cathy Massey
Co-Host Lorenzo Hubbard
Co-Host Lorenzo Hubbard
Jennifer Kassicieh, Sophia Dalabakis and Seroj Kassicieh
Jennifer Kassicieh, Sophia Dalabakis and Seroj Kassicieh
Lois Kfoury and Betty Comora
Lois Kfoury and Betty Comora
Alex Mahadevan, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Alex Mahadevan, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Alex Mahadevan, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Alex Mahadevan, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Alex Mahadevan (wearing Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’) is ready for the iconcept6 Runway Show.
Alex Mahadevan (wearing Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’) is ready for the iconcept6 Runway Show.
Alex Mahadevan (wearing Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’) is ready for the iconcept6 Runway Show.
Alex Mahadevan (wearing Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’) is ready for the iconcept6 Runway Show.
Debbie McNelis, Joe Angers and Chris Crozat
Debbie McNelis, Joe Angers and Chris Crozat
Mandy Miller and Wilks Mammone
Mandy Miller and Wilks Mammone
Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Alex Mahadevan, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Alex Mahadevan, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy and Eric Cross
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Lisa Walsh, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy, Eric Cross and Emily Walsh
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Lisa Walsh, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy, Eric Cross and Emily Walsh
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Lisa Walsh, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy, Eric Cross and Emily Walsh
Co-Chair Ray Peper, Lisa Walsh, Alex Mahadevan, Co-Host Mallory Gnaegy, Leslie Gnaegy, Eric Cross and Emily Walsh
Barbara Rieniets, Emma Hollingsworth, Cindy Bussiere and Charlotte Bussiere
Barbara Rieniets, Emma Hollingsworth, Cindy Bussiere and Charlotte Bussiere
Barbara Anderson’s ‘All Aboard’
Barbara Anderson’s ‘All Aboard’
Barbara Anderson’s ‘#964 Gay Parisienne’
Barbara Anderson’s ‘#964 Gay Parisienne’
Barbara Anderson’s ‘#964 Gay Parisienne’
Barbara Anderson’s ‘#964 Gay Parisienne’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Zara Barrie modeling Eric Cross’s ‘Bohemian Chic’
Lela Thompson’s ‘Blinded by the Light’
Lela Thompson’s ‘Blinded by the Light’
Jim Stewart’s ‘Calendar Girl’
Jim Stewart’s ‘Calendar Girl’
Jim Stewart’s ‘Calendar Girl’
Jim Stewart’s ‘Calendar Girl’
Lisa Berger’s ‘Chic’n of the Sea’
Lisa Berger’s ‘Chic’n of the Sea’
Lisa Berger’s ‘Chic’n of the Sea’
Lisa Berger’s ‘Chic’n of the Sea’
Lisa Berger’s ‘Chic’n of the Sea’
Lisa Berger’s ‘Chic’n of the Sea’
Models walk the runway with the designers during the finale.
Models walk the runway with the designers during the finale.
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’ and Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’ at iconcept6.
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’ and Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’ at iconcept6.
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’ and Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’ at iconcept6.
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’ and Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’ at iconcept6.
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’ and Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’ at iconcept6.
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’ and Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’ at iconcept6.
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Leslie Gnaegy modeling Eric Cross’s ‘What’s Black and White with a Big Red O!’
Ray Peper’s ‘House of Cards’
Ray Peper’s ‘House of Cards’
Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’
Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’
Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’
Alex Mahadevan modeling Ray Peper’s ‘Observer Business Suit’
Sharon White’s ‘No More Wire Hangers’
Sharon White’s ‘No More Wire Hangers’
Elizabeth Hillman Goodwill and Ali Lambert’s ‘Between the Folds the Paper Flowers Grew’
Elizabeth Hillman Goodwill and Ali Lambert’s ‘Between the Folds the Paper Flowers Grew’
Elizabeth Hillman Goodwill and Ali Lambert’s ‘Between the Folds the Paper Flowers Grew’
Elizabeth Hillman Goodwill and Ali Lambert’s ‘Between the Folds the Paper Flowers Grew’
Katelyn Studer’s ‘Plastic Forest Queen’
Katelyn Studer’s ‘Plastic Forest Queen’
Collen White and David White’s ‘The Morrigan – Celtic Mythological Raven Goddess’
Collen White and David White’s ‘The Morrigan – Celtic Mythological Raven Goddess’
Julia Kalinina modeling Andrea Silvergleit’s ‘Regular Fashion for Regular People’
Julia Kalinina modeling Andrea Silvergleit’s ‘Regular Fashion for Regular People’
Julia Kalinina modeling Andrea Silvergleit’s ‘Regular Fashion for Regular People’
Julia Kalinina modeling Andrea Silvergleit’s ‘Regular Fashion for Regular People’
Mandy Miller modeling Annie Mayme Alfstad and Monica Bello’s ‘ReImagining Georgia O’Keeffe, 2014’
Mandy Miller modeling Annie Mayme Alfstad and Monica Bello’s ‘ReImagining Georgia O’Keeffe, 2014’
Mandy Miller modeling Annie Mayme Alfstad and Monica Bello’s ‘ReImagining Georgia O’Keeffe, 2014’
Mandy Miller modeling Annie Mayme Alfstad and Monica Bello’s ‘ReImagining Georgia O’Keeffe, 2014’
Marcia Ente’s ‘Life is But a Scream’
Marcia Ente’s ‘Life is But a Scream’
Kelsey Hansen’s ‘The Sounds of Sarasota’ and ‘The Sounds of Sarasota Too’
Kelsey Hansen’s ‘The Sounds of Sarasota’ and ‘The Sounds of Sarasota Too’
Kelsey Hansen’s ‘The Sounds of Sarasota’ and ‘The Sounds of Sarasota Too’
Kelsey Hansen’s ‘The Sounds of Sarasota’ and ‘The Sounds of Sarasota Too’
Emma Thurgood’s ‘Southern Exposure’
Emma Thurgood’s ‘Southern Exposure’
Emma Thurgood’s ‘Southern Exposure’
Emma Thurgood’s ‘Southern Exposure’
Stephanie Peters’s ‘It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Super Sam’
Stephanie Peters’s ‘It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Super Sam’
Patricia Gormley’s ‘That’s a Wrap’
Patricia Gormley’s ‘That’s a Wrap’
Deva O’Donnell modeling Cathy Comora’s ‘The Ta Ta Doll’
Deva O’Donnell modeling Cathy Comora’s ‘The Ta Ta Doll’
Deva O’Donnell modeling Cathy Comora’s ‘The Ta Ta Doll’
Deva O’Donnell modeling Cathy Comora’s ‘The Ta Ta Doll’
Wilks Mammone modeling Emma Thurgood’s ‘Untitled (Painting)’
Wilks Mammone modeling Emma Thurgood’s ‘Untitled (Painting)’
Wilks Mammone modeling Emma Thurgood’s ‘Untitled (Painting)’
Wilks Mammone modeling Emma Thurgood’s ‘Untitled (Painting)’
Anita Wexler’s ‘Viva!’
Anita Wexler’s ‘Viva!’
Anita Wexler’s ‘Viva!’
Anita Wexler’s ‘Viva!’
Pam Peters and Christina Chaney’s ‘Waterfall’
Pam Peters and Christina Chaney’s ‘Waterfall’
Pam Peters and Christina Chaney’s ‘Waterfall’
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Joe Santana, Denise Aberle, Sandy Lewis and Brady Pedler
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Andrea Silvergleit and Julia Kalinina
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Lisa Walsh, Eric Cross, Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
Lisa Walsh, Eric Cross, Alex Mahadevan and Leslie Gnaegy
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