"We wanted to create a non-traditional fashion show with themes of futurism, robotics and sexiness. Retro-electro," DJ Meredith Vacek
It was a paradise fit for fashion fiends, artists and voyeurs alike. There's no arguing that Robolust, a "simultaneous fashion show and dance party," wasn't titillating for all five senses. Yes, even taste if one happened to find themselves cozied up to the Jackpot Saloon's freshly shined oak bar. A line in the show's program read, "This event happens only once," and after attending, that's for damn certain.
"We wanted to create a non-traditional fashion show with themes of futurism, robotics and sexiness. Retro-electro," says Vacek. Her and Shively accomplished just that by inviting an eclectic blend of designers with backgrounds not only in fashion but theatre and performance art as well. The show encompassed other sensory elements with a backdrop
DJs Meredith Vacek and Chris Shively orchestrated last Saturday's event in the Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St., formerly known as La Tasca.
"I had no control over how the show would go," says Jennifer Stimple of her trans-gendered robots, but judging by the enthusiasm of the sex-crazed audience, it went well. Every talented designer and their models were an integral part of the magnetism
screening everything from the likes of Kung Fu films to old Kurt Russell movies. Vacek and Shively scored the show with the perfect intensity of blood-pumping industrial beats to off the wall techno. Everyone from the Midwest hipster to the guy in the French maid costume was at the mercy of the undeniable energy that was coursing through the Jackpot Saloon Saturday night.
that made Robolust such an electric event. The evening was a transformation that evolved from a fashion show into an erotic dance party and while the saying usually goes, "actions speak louder than words," in this case, the pictures are doing all the talking. This event happened only once and it was called Robolust.
— Lisa Picasso can be reached at lpicasso@kansan.com.
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