KMAC Couture

KMAC Couture is a wearable live art runway show that began in 2013. This year’s theme, “Lucky #13”, celebrates KMAC Couture’s auspicious thirteenth birthday with a tribute to all things lucky.  As KMAC Couture enters the teenage years, our 2025 runway celebrates the occasion of its auspicious thirteenth birthday with a tribute to all things lucky. Submissions for this edition of Art Walks the Runway will pay homage to the charms and superstitions that offer hope and allow us to explore that sometimes all too rare of human faculties—the ability to dream and to think big. For this year’s submission process, we ask you all to think big and share your visions and personal ideas about luck.

While the number thirteen is commonly known to foreshadow ominous circumstances, it is also more generally and widely considered to have a mysterious power that can inspire change and foster a positive outlook. Submissions do not need to use a reference to the number thirteen but can find inspiration in the boundless other ways that people and cultures around the world attempt to conjure luck. Some people believe in the luck of the Irish, carrying a rabbit’s foot or a four-leafed clover, and hanging on to a lucky penny or a $2 bill. Similar to the number thirteen, many consider a black cat crossing their path to be a bad omen, while others see it as a lucky sign. Horseshoes are often displayed as protective talismans or carried around as good luck charms. What do you keep close to you for good luck?