We’re here for the black minidress made entirely out of chess pieces.
— Danielle Braff: The New York Times
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.
— Karlie Kloss: Project Runway Season 17, Bravo

"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.
— — Ricky Amadour: Cultured Magazine
In “Being Played,” Drummond creates a story about evolution through chess that in and of itself is still evolving.
— Sarah Stallmann: NPR
“The St. Louis Fashion Fund has teamed with designer Michael Drummond to produce 14,000 medically-approved masks for health-care workers.”
— Women's Wear Daily (WWD)
Drummond clearly analyzes the power of the queen within the chess game while also seeking a narrative about the interconnectedness within our society today.
— ALL THE ART: The Visual Art Quarterly of St. Louis
“I just met... Michael Drummond, who created and designed the dress that I wore in my first runway show at 13 years old.”
— Karlie Kloss: St. Louis Magazine
Michael Drummond merges art and fashion as he prepares for two upcoming exhibitions
— Megan Mertz: Saint Louis Magazine
A show that ambitiously but successfully weaves together themes of chess, fashion, climate change and Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey
— Emily Bihl: ALIVE
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.
— Saint Louis Public Radio (SLPR)
A look inside the Project Runway alum’s new digs...
— Helene Sayad; Saint Louis Magazine (SLM)

Michael Drummond and his team produce hundreds of masks for the St. Louis Fashion Fund mask production efforts.