Detroit designer Katerina Bocci was invited back out to NYC's Couture
Fashion Week after last year's showing. With her, she not only took her
outfits and ideas, but Detroit as well.
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Bocci came to Couture Fashion Week last year and was invited back. She
agreed, but with a caveat: "I'm bringing Detroit with me." They balked — most designers use
local talent — but Albanian-born Bocci quelled fears by replying, "I will promise you a beautiful
show."
Why bring Detroiters when it'd be so much cheaper and easier to hire them
in New York?
"I like my energy following me," Bocci says. "I believe in supporting
businesses around town. I want to promote Detroit. This is where we pay taxes, our mortgages —
I want to tell New York that fashion is from all over the world."
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