Beyond Trend 2022 Digital Fashion Showcase
After three years of remote art making and a gradual return to in-person programming, Creative Growth resumed its annual Beyond Trend fashion event in 2022. Rather than a traditional runway show, Creative Growth artists debuted their spectacular looks for a week of filming in the gallery and outside of their homes in order to create our very first Beyond Trend Digital Fashion Showcase. The film premiered, along with BEYOND i wanna go, for Creative Growth’s 10th anniversary celebration of Beyond Trend.
Many Creative Growth artists contributed to the following descriptions of their own looks. Please enjoy their words and perspectives. Thank you, artists!
beyond trend 2022 Designs
Sherry Stanley sports a light and medium pink dress with funky wunky flowers and tiger print, beautiful beads, and scrap roses. This look is graceful.
Elizbeth Rangel wears a gorgeous red head wrap paired with a red sleeveless gown with two shimmering gold sequin segments on the bottom.
Joe Spear’s cool red shirt with Steph Curry and a basketball on the back is made with painted gold/yellow and blue Warriors colors. His dark red pants with large basketball decals perfectly match. This outfit makes him feel impressed, excited, and like a basketball player.
Stephanie Nguyen’s vintage mid-length dress is white yet colorful. It has short sleeves and tactful bursts of colors on all sides. Her crown of colorful puffballs goes perfectly with it.
Ying Ge Zhou's bright white pants and shirt masterpieces are highlighted with rainbow splashes of paint color.
Kathy Zhong shows off a black dress covered by a white long sleeved shirt oozing embroidered details. She tops it off with a fabulous tiara.
Maureen Clay celebrates circles and wild lines in a sleeveless tunic and matching pants. This look is paired with a puffball necklace and radiant crown.
Walter Baldwin brings a strong Superman look complete with a red and blue cape and custom shirt and jeans with the iconic superhero insignia! He wears a tiny cone hat.
Marion Bolton’s silver jumpsuit is painted with white geometric grid lines and birds of all types, especially owls. This suit and his classic cap fit him perfectly.
Tanisha Warren’s sequiny gold Aretha Franklin jacket and equally sequiny silver pants shine bright. The pants are simple on the top. From the knees down are blocks of rainbow scales.
Lisa Craib’s elegant dress and shawl brings to mind something from the turn of the century with one of a kind stitches you just don’t see anymore. This delicate patchwork covers her entire body.
Theresa Lambert’s sleeveless purple scoop neck dress features hand painted, cloth pink flowers at the bottom. The dress extends to her knees.
Sher-ron Freeman’s complex rainbow top and pants are beyond trend, filled with flashy frills and tassels. She holds a circular woven bag with detailed, textured edges.
Casey Byrnes felt like a rich woman in a colorful, long, open, sleeveless vest and above-the-knee SAORI skirt. These pieces beam gorgeous colors of the Fall season in thick patterned stripes and more detailed, intricate vest pockets.
George Wilson looks handsome, feels good, and feels comfortable all at once in his customized denim shirt. This blue top includes light colored designs, highlighting the simple but striking square form.
Nick Pagan’s outfit, sword, and long silver wig are inspired by The Witcher, ready for combat. His hair reaches below his chest. He wears black pants, a silver armored vest with dangerous shoulders, and a short black t-shirt.
Heather Edgar wears a sleeveless, short navy dress with large purple and blue figures and embellished dark denim jacket. This look is an instant classic and is complemented by dangling earrings and dark tights.
Avery Babon wears a crown made of shiny jewelry and flexible stuff, a light brown, dark black and light blue shawl, and a red dress that made him feel spiritual.
Amid Ehsani dons a long white furry coat, black pants, and a stylish red hat. The coat features spray painted silhouettes of objects, for example, a coat hanger, as well as other patterned images.
Ruth Stafford’s embroidery, shapey quilt and big 3D necklace are royal fashion. This wearable piece with spaces for arms features thick embroidered shapes.
Kahleec Vaughn’s white jean jacket rocks a design of Rick and Morty’s Rick on the back. The jacket includes other subtle, colorful details, especially on the arms. She wears a striped knit beanie topped off with a puff ball.
Stephanie Hill’s mid-length, multicolored poncho is furry. Her friends are psychedelic, wearing pants and shirts with Stephanie’s signature bright colors, hearts and flowers.
Jay Daley arrives on scene with a full Chuck-E-Cheese costume made from painted cardboard! This mouse has a gray and pink face, green eyes, a devilish smile, and blue shirt with a ‘C’.
Natascha Haehlen’s poppy, happy gown is filled with flowers and new shapes, and a flowery scoop neckline and tiny sleeves. She also wears a silver tiara and bright red shoes.
Zina Hall’s beautiful white jacket features an embroidered portrait of her childhood idol Aretha Franklin immortalized in blue, purple, black and brown thread and thoughtful blank spaces.
Malia Ramsey feels calm in a flashy, pearly, red, gold robe with dangling red tassels. She likens this look to the energy of hip hop.
William Scott’s darth vader mask and tan, wholesome suit carry the faces of many wholesome people. This feel-good look is for church.
Lynn Pisco’s pants, jacket, and vest say, “Boom!” with unique characters all over them, including Baby Yoda. Her red pants feature hand painted dogs of various breeds.
Emily Dunster-Farey’s long purple dress is layered perfection, with the bottom layer being a lacy floral pattern. She wears a long pink shirt underneath, a cloth belt around her waist, a thick pearly white necklace, and purple ribbon in her ponytail.
Diana Lo’s bold striped SAORI dress is yellow, pink, black, and just like that! Wearing it makes her feel happy. Under this ankle-length, sleeveless dress, she wears a white colored shirt with tiny strategic details.
Susan Janow loves her awesome and comfy fabric dress painted with acrylics and embroidered with a square pattern design. This long sleeved dress extends to her ankles. Each square was carefully crafted with an outline of paint and thread.
Lulu Sotelo’s dolled up and embroidered jacket, top, skirt, and sewn hat are giving modela! Lynn joins the love. Her denim jacket features painted dolls, as well as sewed and stuffed dolls attached all around. Her long, flowy white skirt features more subtle shapes and dolls.
Monica Valentine’s woven red SAORI dress is red like fire, red hot. This dress is floor length and monochrome with dark and light tones, and have long woven arm fringe. Monica feels proud to wear this and her red textured hat and signature red reflectors.
Susan Glikbarg sewed a rosy red peach jacket, with a brown kitty on back and a dress with a flower on each side. She used sparkly materials, white, and remnants. This nice jacket goes with her red embroidered hat and pink tights.
Larry Randolph’s white suit reeks of rainbow. The white jacket features stars and rainbows on all sides. His white pants depicts black vertical stripes and cloud-like sections.
Nicole Storm’s complex black shirt and jean jacket, and long layered skirt ooze red, white, yellow, green, pink. This look is fascinating.
Alice Wong wore a bracelet, and necklace with gold medallion. She loved it. She wore pink, white, brown, and was a dancing queen. She wore blue shoes, a sweet shirt, and an overshirt. In sum, her look is soft.
Sherrie Aradanas displays a long, baby blue, magical masterpiece of a dress, adorned with sparkling sequins. She says this is a strain on the eyeballs. She wears a blue matching crown, shoes, and sparkly necklace.
Dan Miller feels good in a shirt, denim jacket, and denim pants where black and white go together. The bold hemmed pants feature his silver message.
Angela Archuleta’s red flowery dress and crown inspire nature. A handful of big, colorful flowers, stems and all, are front and center. She wears a heart shaped orange and pink crown.
Mayra Gonzalez becomes the gumball machine in a painted cardboard costume. The square body is a deep red with silver buttons. The white cardboard orb that she peers through has colorful painted chicle.
Janis Danker dons a truly great red skirt-overalls with a stripy white, green and blue patch sewn on the front. She sports pants and a sweet yellow shirt underneath.
Two wooden red and black flies that are not real hover around John Martin. They are attached to stiff string, to buzz around wherever John takes them. He also sports his fanny pack.
Barbara Mealey feels happy and beautiful in a white shirt with her famous embroidered daisy flower design coupled with a blanket with crocheted flowers.
Lauren Dare’s look makes her feel like Michael Jackson in a dynamic multicolored shirt with scattered textured bursts, complemented with multicolored jacket and pants. Both demonstrate her prolific color patchwork. She wears a sweet Michael Jackson shirt underneath.
Peter Salsman’s style is outrageous in a blueish purple super heavy woven SAORI pants and SAORI robe with diverse colors of calculated woven patches.
Jamie Ghilardi’s embroiderful black dress and pants (worn as a scarf) look like the universe with a colorful trim. She wears a thin cloth belt around her waist, tied in the front. From her knees to the floor, the front bottom section of dress is a block of embroidered beauty, with two light hands reaching out surrounded by embroidered sky and clouds.
Raven Harper wears a dreamy electric green jacket with embroidered details, a dark headscarf, a silly necklace, and dark undershirt and skirt.
Elizabeth Rangel’s sleeveless, mid-length Mexican flower dress is orange-red and features poppies. She sports long brown braids adorned with flowers and ribbons.
Edwin Zalenski wears dark jeans with embroidered giraffes on the front and back. He used yellows and browns in what he refers to as these giraffe pants. He wears a burnt orange flannel shirt with an embroidered image of the golden gate bridge on the back.
Jamie Freid's fabric poncho is made from a white tablecloth and features a lot of different water color and paint marker birds. This bird-worthy look is paired with a beaked mask, a golden necklace, and blue earful crown.
Julie Swartout’s artful top is made of colored textiles with eucalyptus and yellow flower petals. She felt special wearing a white geometric Jack Lahaderne skirt which features 10 sided, 6 sided shapes and circles and squares and triangles. All together, her look is outgoing.
Latefa Noorzai summarizes her look as night time snow. She wears a short sleeve, long dress with a black, white spotted, slightly green and pink character on the front.
Jordan King rocks an abstract getup that both looks and feels good with a jean jacket embroidered in colorful shapes and metallic pants to match.
Robbie Erion shows off an embellished jean jacket that is comfortable, wonderful, and good looking all in one. The back shows two grid-like shapes. Other patches appear all over.
Rosa Giron rocks a white jacket and long black skirt, which cascades to the floor. Both pieces are decorated with edgy yet elegant designs.
D’Lisa Fort’s glimmering jacket and long dress are marigold and shine brightly like the sun. She is crowned with a tiara and waves a magic wand.
Dinah Shapiro is a beauty from out of this world in a cosmetic skirts with planet clusters made of yarn in shades of blue. The dark skirt structure is floor length and stretches outwards.
Joanna Beal’s graphic coat screams “Yeah!”. This piece has shortish sleeves, falls just above the knees, and includes light colored edges. Thick black lines over a mesh of colors are reminiscent of skylines.
Nancy Weigan models Marion Bolton’s birdy denim jacket and Ying Ge Zhou’s sweet painted sweater. She wears black pants and a large, ornate, circular silver necklace.
Jorge Gomez felt special showing off a look that is both goofy and gorgeous in a painted shirt, multimedia denim pants, and a jacket with neat weaving and beads of all colors. In one word, this look is neat.
Rosena Finister is perfectly paired in her suit jacket and skirt that depicts friendly people. She is accessorized with a matching red and black plaid mask and big ribbon around her neck.
Aurie Ramirez wears black pants, a black long sleeve ripped shirt, and a black leather vest. On the back, there is a circular moon person, silver studs around the edges, and white text that reads, “‘KISS”.
Dan Hamilton looks pretty good in a black pants, black top, and black jacket, with pretty good, long multicolored puffball necklace and other beady necklaces.