Saturday's Bernina Northland Fashion Awards dress rehearsal-come-matinee strutted some glorious, crowd-pleasing creations.
The annual competition attracted more than 80 entries this year. Sewing categories featured evening wear, student fashion design, open fashion design, student street wear, open street wear and fantasy fashion. The wearable arts section featured masquerade, junior wearable art, student wearable art, open wearable art, trash to fashion and cosplay.
The evening awards show was a red-carpet event featuring live music and which opened with a dance performance. The results will be published later in the week. Advocate photographer John Stone was at the matinee show.

