A Pop Culture SAM Remix Sells Out, Fashionably [Photo Gallery]

Lines stretched everywhere at a sold-out SAM Remix Friday night. (The Seattle Art Museum’s next Remix event will be at the Sculpture Park on August 27. Sign up for more information.) I’d dropped in at a Remix before, which had a lively, museum-at-night wine-and-cheese feel, but this was an event. I could tell because people were dressed up. For further evidence, check the #samremix Twitter stream.

From 8 p.m. to midnight, the museum was thronged with people dancing to KEXP’s DJ Riz, drinking, designing a cover for the Stranger, singing karaoke, taking “highly opinionated tours” from celebrities, and watching Warhol films. The art tours began at 8:30 p.m. with Seth Aaron Henderson, designer and the winner of Project Runway’s season seven, and wrapped up at 10:45 p.m. with musician and man-about-town Sean “Harvey Danger” Nelson. Henderson also gave a talk about his favorite works at SAM, and Nelson performed live.

The “Pop Culture Fashion” runway show drew a big crowd to the South Hall, and brought dayglo outfits, Warhol homages, punk rock DIY, and…well, the slideshow below will do a better job of this than I can. It was presented by the New York Fashion Academy, and featured creations by Anna D Designs, Mille Vixen, Samara Clothing Co., Evolve, Cameron Levin Couture, The House of Gina Marie, Lady Konyaku, Lekkerlife, Reyes Clothing Co., Jesse David, and Yurkanin Design House. (Complaints about my photography should be addressed to the heavens, while shaking a fist.)