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Jake Wall of ‘Project Runway’ Shows His Line in San Francisco With a Surprise Guest
A Sept. 4 fashion show marked an end to a month-long series of talks and events held by Jake Wall, a San Francisco fashion designer who this year appeared on the reality TV series “Project Runway.”
Blake Patterson, another “Project Runway” alum, whose line is called Blake Morris, made a surprise appearance at the fashion show featuring Wall’s premium brand, called Jake. The runway event took place at Bespoke, a recently launched events and creative office space at the Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall on Market Street in downtown San Francisco.
At Bespoke, Wall presided over five “meet and greets” and held talks that took place every Friday, starting on Aug. 7 and wrapping up on Sept. 4.
Wall talked about fashion design and his experience as one of two San Franciscans competing on Season 14 of “Project Runway.”
Candice Cuoco was the other San Francisco resident for the “Project Runway” cast. Other Californians competing on the show were David Giampiccolo and Patterson, both from the Los Angeles area, and Ashley Nell Tipton from San Diego.
At the Sept. 4 runway show, which was presented by Bloomingdale’s, an array of looks from the Jake label were featured. They included men’s tuxedo-style jackets. One was dressed up with formal shirting and a bow tie. Another tuxedo jacket was made sportier with an open-collar print shirt.
Looks from Blake Morris featured a gown with red mesh and lace, a women’s jumpsuit and a white mini-dress with long, flowing sleeves.
Wall made a splash in San Francisco’s fashion circles in 2013 when he was named a designer-in-residence at the Fashion Incubator San Francisco at Macy’s Union Square, where he polished his brand, then called Artful Gentleman. In 2015, the brand was renamed Jake. It offers suits, shirts and separates for men and women.
