PRESS RELEASE: Macon Fashion Week Celebrates Our Story with City-Wide Style Activations

MACON, GA October 14, 2026 — The second annual Macon Fashion Week (MFW) is November 2 - 7, highlighting the city’s unique style, story, and designers with a focus on sustainability, creativity, and community. Produced by Macon Magazine, the week of events is complimentary to all, and VIP tickets are available for purchase to gain elevated access and experiences (maconfashionweek.com).

MFW is a city-wide celebration of fashion, design, and cultural expression featuring daily events including workshops, panel discussions, interactive gatherings, and runway programs exhibiting the talent of local designers, boutiques, students, and Muscogee (Creek) Indigenous designers. With a focus on sustainability, education, and creativity, MFW will unfold in various venues across the city, inviting all to experience fashion in bold, unexpected, and accessible ways.

MFW, Nov. 2 - 7 Run of Week:
Boutique crawl + style activations throughout

MONDAY From Pathways to Runways | 5:30 p.m.

Bibb County School District Student Runway Presentation
TUESDAY Fashionable Third Places: Fashion, Consumerism, & Social Connection | 5:30 p.m.

Presentation by Loretta A. Clayton, Ph.D., Middle Georgia State University

WEDNESDAY Designer Meetup + Shop with Goodwill | 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

BYO lunch, engage with featured designers, and shop the designer curated Goodwill racks

THURSDAY Carried in Cloth: Textiles, Textures, and Context | 5:30 p.m.

Macon Arts Alliance Gallery Opening + Living Art Presentation

FRIDAY Fashion Opens Doors: Art + Accessibility | 12 p.m.

Macon Milledgeville Regional Habitat for Humanity Lunch & Listen
Keynote featuring Nikko Smith, wardrobe stylist and style educator | 5:30 p.m.

Listen + reflect on your own style identity

Macon Fashion Week Urban Runway Presentation | 8 p.m.

Signature MFW Program: Featuring selected local and Indigenous designers, on Poplar Street

SATURDAY Fashion Love Hangover Brunch at Hotel Forty Five | 11 a.m.

Shop with the designers, Meet Nikko, alongside brunch, feat. McDuffie Center for Strings young artists

Catwalk Closing at Dillard’s
Runway presentations + 10% giveback to MFW when you shop

Additional programs feat. Nikko Smith include one-on-one style consultations with Wesleyan students

Presented by Wesleyan College; Contact Ashley-Michelle Thublin, athublin@wesleyancollege.edu

Macon Fashion Week is committed to supporting local artists, amplifying diverse voices, supporting responsible fashion practices, and building bridges between designers, students, and in Macon and beyond. The program is produced by Macon Magazine in partnership with Wesleyan College. Read more in the October/November Arts Issue of Macon Magazine, offering readers a glimpse into the visionaries shaping Macon’s creative current and future style.

Interested businesses, designers, and individuals are encouraged to be a part of MFW. Find out more, and sign up to get involved at maconfashionweek.com. For more information, press access, or partnership opportunities, contact programs@maconmagazine.com.