Park City Fashion Week brings the runway to Sundance
“We just want to give Sundance a taste of us,” said Park City Fashion Week founder, Kim Kienow, as she took the stage to close out the fifth annual Park City Fashion Week on Sunday, January 27.
The Marquis on Park City’s Main Street was transformed into a high-altitude fashion show, where local reality TV celebs, like Real Housewives of Salt Lake star Meredith Marks and Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member Demi Engeman, and Miss Utah USA were among a slew of dressed-to-impress attendees who took their seats to get a glimpse of established and emerging designers in Utah and beyond.
This year’s event also included, for the first time, a handful of Park City boutiques that delivered on Kienow’s request to present an editorial look for what they sell in their shops on the runway
“I was really proud of our designers and what we put out on the runway,” says Kienow.
Park City Fashion Week is a huge undertaking, organized and produced by Kienow with the help of volunteers to bring the event to life during the Sundance Film Festival. It’s a feat in and of itself to get a venue during Park City’s busiest—and perhaps most expensive—time of year. But Kienow sees the festival as an opportunity to introduce Utah’s fashion talent to audience members from around the world.
“In the future, I would love to see more sponsored dollars so that I could go bigger with it and maybe even do it for more days of the festival,” Kienow says.
Park City Fashion Week’s fifth year culminated in an intersection of art and fashion, with stunning paintings by Utah multidisciplinary artist Eddy Ekpo on display throughout the venue and Sarah Luna Art‘s intricately woven pieces mounted on the walls.
On the runway, models took the stage—and an alarming set of stairs—to show off looks ranging from Hannah Gordon’s illuminated pieces and statement streetwear conceptualized by Ogden brothers Phillip and Micah Petty of Soul By Amè to Sabrina Carpenter meets retro bridal looks by Hannah Ruth Zander, who was featured in Vogue.
The fashion show included a few breaks, where artist videos played and, during one of the breaks, Tunisha Brown, founder of Impact Magazine, which supports Black women, announced the launch of Élevé Fashion Magazine.
The fashion show featured 10 designers, with Project Runway Season 6 winner, Irina Shabayeva, and hairdresser/makeup artist-turned designer Heggy Gonzalez closing out the show.
Kienow invited attendees to mingle while visiting the upper level, where Panache and Chamomile boutiques had products out on display for purchase along with TJ Holdman’s custom handbags with inlaid glass.
The 2025 Park City Fashion Week left attendees buzzing with excitement, eager to mingle with designers and sharing what they were dying to get in their personal closets. VIP attendees left with gifts from event sponsors such as Cozy Earth, Minky Couture, and Utah Facial Plastics. It was an experience fitting for the glitz and glamour of the Sundance Film Festival.
“I was extremely proud of the entire event,” Kienow says. “It went really, really well and people, I think, really enjoyed it.”
Celebrities take note: your next favorite designer just might be at the Park City Fashion Show.
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