Melissa Anne Taylor Brings a Historical, Political Worldliness to Dallas Fashion
By Scott Tucker - March 15, 2022

In less than two weeks, Austin transplant and clothing designer Melissa Anne Taylor will unveil her latest collection during a runway presentation in Fair Park. The event will be Taylor’s first Dallas show and will offer 20 full looks for men and women.

Spending her formative years living in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and attending German boarding schools in the early 2000s gave the designer a unique cultural and sociopolitical perspective. Taylor’s inspiration seems especially poignant now. Taylor’s interest in Brutalist and Constructivist architecture are key elements in each of her clothing pieces. Her work explores concepts of failed utopias, communal living spaces and early modernism.

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By Shelley Neuman - May 7, 2018, 12:26 pm

On May 5, in a warehouse space located behind the Austin School of Film, hundreds of people gathered to witness part two of a runway series put on by local indie designers Samantha Fabry, Ida Béhjat, and Melissa Taylor in collaboration with Hyperreal Film Club and sponsored by Co-Lab Projects.

This raw, inclusive showcase has become Austin's new fashion underground, taking the boring and uninspiring runway shows that have become all too commonplace across the city and throwing them aside. These young emerging designers (and the show's creatively dressed attendees) gave us a fresh reminder that fashion is equal parts art and self-expression.

All Photos by Shelley Neuman.

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