Six fashion designers will showcase their latest collection in this year’s Pins and Needles Designer Competition taking place Saturday (Aug. 1) at the Boo Cat Club, 812 Union Boulevard.

The group will be competing for a $15,000 prize including $1,000 cash from the St. Louis Fashion Fund and a spot on the rooster of St. Louis Fashion Week in October.

The event will feature Rene Frances, a native of New Hampshire, as well as Saint Louis natives Alexis Cook, Isaiah Jenkins, Ryan Moore, Brittany Rader and Barbara Bultman. The 2014 winner Truly Alvarenga of Pink Elephants Designs based in Nashville will also present her latest collection.

Guests will vote for the T-Mobile People’s Choice Award via Twitter during the competition and the grand prize will be awarded by a panel of fashion experts.

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Model Gabrielle Kniery and radio host Nina Blanco of Now 96.3 will host the evening. Gabrielle Kniery was the first model from St. Louis to make it onto "America’s Next Top Model" reality television competition in 2010. She moved to New York in 2011 to pursue career as a model and actress. Among Kniery's claims to fame is an appearance in Beyonce’s Music Video "Pretty Hurts." 

Tickets: $20 to $40 for advanced tickets available at brainchildevents.com. Prices may increase at the door.

When: Doors open at 6 p.m. for VIP admission and 7 p.m. for general admission. Runway show starts at 8 p.m.