Runway & Riots: an ALYN Fashion Show,

About the event

Runway & Riots is an ALYN fashion show experience featuring powerful protests from the fashion rebellion of the 1960s.

The production of Runway & Riots is a mental health outlet for ALYN owner Andrea Caruso, a Pittsburgh-based fashion designer, personal stylist and entrepreneur. Proceeds will benefit Hope for the Day, a Chicago-based mental health awareness and suicide prevention non-profit organization. To learn more about HFTD, visit hftd.org.

From mod to the anti-fashion of hippie chic, we will be breaking through traditional stereotypes of fashion with this show during a period of social and cultural change and learning how events that took place in the sixties continue to have an impact on today's fashion trends.

Experience a time when femininity was celebrated and empowered through protests and modeled down daring runways. Women were able to take control over their own bodies and self-expression in ways that had never been seen before. The fashion movements of this decade initiated a change across multiple global cultural platforms, including body image issues, racism and the #metoo era.

How these fashion movements have evolved over time speaks volumes about the strength of womanhood.

You’ll dig the iconic styles, stories of protest, and stone foxes on the runway. Each look is thoughtfully curated to represent the glamourous, groovy and grungy fashion of sixties culture. So take a hit, feel the vibes and be inspired to make bold statements.

Why should you sponsor?

We're looking for businesses that support mental health awareness and are interested in sponsoring this charity event. Your business will be put in front of a higher end client base at the BURN cigar bar on Pittsburgh's North Shore. 

Chris Callen

ALYN is a girl, a brand, a feeling, and a rebellion. i was tired of carrying my pain, so i decided to wear it instead. expressive art has helped me to create ALYN tees, where each piece has a story - a beginning, a middle, and some sleeves. i use personal observation, raw emotion, and sociological perspective to create shirts with inspiration to engage thoughtfully with others.

All of my personalities and i own and operate ALYN custom tees (a screen printing company), ALYN tees (a tshirt collection) and Psychobathic (a self-care company). i work closely with Hope for the Day, a Chicago-based suicide prevention non-profit organization, to spread awareness about mental health.

My fashion designs have been showcased in runway therapy: an alyn fashion show (2022) and fashion of the flesh: an unofficial event of pittsburgh fashion week (2021). this year, runway & riots (2023) will showcase 1960s protest fashion.

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