Fleurish | Ijams

Fleurish: Keep Growing

Fleurish: A Sustainable Fashion Event (and Ijams fundraiser!) is back! After an incredibly successful first event in 2022, Fleurish is returning to Ijams on April 16 from 6-9 pm!

Fleurish is a collaborative runway show showcasing how sustainability, conservation, and beauty intertwine with our lives and our future. Local designers, hair stylists, and makeup artists join forces to create amazing designs that incorporate sustainable materials and innovative recycling methods, and reusing what was once discarded.

Last year's event featured 12 designers and 30+ models who showcased eco-friendly, sustainably sourced, and upcycled fashions at the Ijams family's historic homesite. The 2023 event will be even bigger and will include 18 local designers, 60+ models, an upcycled fiber art installation led by Victoria Walsh of Craft Appalachia, and live performances by Rica Chicha during the cocktail hour and Brent Hyder for the runway performance.

Fleurish engages the audience in ways we, the average consumers, can make changes to our day-to-day lives while never losing sight of the beauty of nature and the human experience.

You'll enjoy a cash bar cocktail hour prior to the show and then see what imagination can do with reusable, recycled materials! You'll also learn how you can lighten your carbon footprint on the planet AND look fabulous doing it! After the show, rub elbows with the artists!

Tickets are $25 and all proceeds support Ijams Nature Center.