New York Times, T Magazine (online)
By Alix Browne, Video by Cheryl Dunn
March 27, 2012, 2:45 pm
The most inspired — and inspiring — fashion show of the spring 2012 season took place not in Paris, Milan or London but on a makeshift runway in Oakland, Calif. On March 16, Creative Growth, the nonprofit organization that serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, presented “Beyond Trend,” a fund-raiser that kicked off with a street parade and culminated in a runway show. As if anyone needed further evidence of the incredible talent on display that day, many of the looks were not only designed, but also modeled, by Creative Growth artists. The filmmaker Cheryl Dunn captured the magic.