Makanna Johnson models her design “The Dream Set” at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. Johnson was a Junior Artist Runway participant who designed her entry with pleated layers of recycled magazines and newspapers. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Allison Adams models a creation entitled Shout Out to the Cuties of Orange Coast by artist Anne Moore that features an orange theme at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Junior Artist Participant Makanna Johnson’s entry features recycled magazines and newspapers at this years Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Mark Hendrickson, left, waves after being awarded Most Innovative Use of Materials for his vest fashioned with fragments from his favorite outdoor passtime at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Artists Jonathan Boyd, center, left, and Valerie Killeen, right, and their model Quinne Boyd react as they are awarded the Most Glamorous “Red Carpet” Worthy Creation at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. Model Allison Adams, left, congratulates them. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Arica Peterson models a creation by artist Linda Potichke that features trash bags, upholstery fabric, ribbon and bamboo shish kebab skewers at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Makanna Johnson models her design “The Dream Set” at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. Johnson was a Junior Artist Runway participant who designed her entry with pleated layers of recycled magazines and newspapers. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
A model shows a creation by Mark Hendrickson featuring fragments from a favorite pastime for the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. Production and set Designer Nelson Coates, right, served as host for the runway show. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the audience watdh this year’s Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Jana Faro, right, models a creation by her mother Paula Collins featuring a tunic glazed to resemble the glowing interior of a kiln at full fire at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show. Faro is accompanied by Collin’s granddaughter Avery Clear in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
People admire the a hat fashioned with an old lampshade worn by model Jana Faro during the Festival of the Arts Runway Show intermission in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Model Quinne Boyd, 6, center, cries after redwood-themed creation won the People’s Choice award for this year’s Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. She is consoled by artists Jonathan Boyd and Valerie Killeen. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Quinne Boyd plays to the audience as she models a creation by artists Jonathan Boyd and Valerie Killeen at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
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Allison Adams models a creation entitled Shout Out to the Cuties of Orange Coast by artist Anne Moore that features an orange theme at the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
They are artists, they paint and draw, sculpt and create, but are they fashionistas?
A tradition of the summertime Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach is a fashion show featuring festival exhibitors trying their hand at upcycling to create clothing for the runway. Awards and bragging rights were at stake.
For the first time this year, junior artists joined in, creating their own couture.
The winners were:
Most Creative Concept
Artist: Anne More
Model: Allison Adams
Most Exciting Ensemble
Artist: Paula Collins
Models: Jano Faro and Avery Clear
Most Innovative Use of Materials
Artist: Mark Hendrickson
Model: Becky Ryan
Most Glamorous “Red Carpet” Worthy Creation
Artist: Jonanthan Boyd and Valerie Killeen
Model: Quinne Boyd
People’s Choice
Artists: Jonanthan Boyd and Valerie Killeen
Model: Quinne Boyd
Special Recognition Award: Junior Artist Makanna Johnson was recognized for her contribution to the idea of including Junior Artists in the Festival Runway Fashion Show and her incredible gown, “The Dream Set.”
The festival partners with Working Wardrobes on the event, and guests who brought gently used clothing for donation to the nonprofit that helps people get ready and dressed for a return to the workforce received free admission.
The Festival of Arts show runs through Aug. 29. Information: foapom.com.
