“We’re here for the black minidress made entirely out of chess pieces.”
“This was the first time I was ever on a runway. It was the first time that I ever really felt the power of fashion and how that can impact how you feel in your own skin and the confidence that you wear.
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"This is so full circle... this is your design... this was the charity fashion show that launched my whole life, career, changed everything for me."
— Karlie Kloss, filmed during a private studio visit with the Project Runway Season 17 cast, St. Louis, December 2019
“Notable pieces include works by David LaChapelle, Vivienne Westwood, Studio Roosegaarde, Maison Margiela, and more.”
“In “Being Played,” Drummond creates a story about evolution through chess that in and of itself is still evolving.”
““The St. Louis Fashion Fund has teamed with designer Michael Drummond to produce 14,000 medically-approved masks for health-care workers.””
“Drummond clearly analyzes the power of the queen within the chess game while also seeking a narrative about the interconnectedness within our society today. ”
““I just met... Michael Drummond, who created and designed the dress that I wore in my first runway show at 13 years old.””
“Michael Drummond merges art and fashion as he prepares for two upcoming exhibitions”
“A show that ambitiously but successfully weaves together themes of chess, fashion, climate change and Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”
“Former Project Runway star and St. Louis fashion designer Michael Drummond and his team produce hundreds of masks for the St. Louis Fashion Fund mask production efforts.”
“A look inside the Project Runway alum’s new digs...”