BALTIMORE — Baltimore designer Jody Davis is partnering with the Baltimore Orioles for a special collection that might be featured at this weekend’s sport in opposition to the Miami Marlins.
WATCH: Jody Davis collaborates with Orioles for special Hawaiian collection
Local designer Jody Davis brings Baltimore fashion to Orioles’ Hawaiian shirt giveaway
“I’ve been on this journey for a lifetime,” Davis mentioned.
The West Baltimore native has greater than 25 years of expertise on the earth of vogue design and has skilled a number of surreal moments in her profession, together with when First Lady of Maryland Dawn Moore wore her design throughout Governor Wes Moore’s inauguration.
Now, Davis is having one other unforgettable expertise, combining her purposeful, trendy and cozy fashion with the enduring Birdland Hawaiian shirt giveaway.
“When they reached out we thought, is that this a prank? You know, the Orioles reaching out to hometown lady Jody,” Davis mentioned.
In addition to the Hawaiian shirt giveaway at Saturday’s sport, followers could have the possibility to bid on items in Davis’s collection. She has created a gender-neutral high and shirt set, a pair of males’s pants and girls’s attire, combining performance with consolation and vogue.
“If you have a look at a few of the items, you may see that you just nonetheless see a few of the buttons within the costume element trigger I reduce the shirt up and you retain a few of these elements of the shirt within the costume design. But one of many key elements of a costume is to have pockets. And why not have pockets once you go right into a sports activities sport? So you possibly can put your telephone and all of your little issues. You solely want one or two issues once you go inside,” Davis mentioned.
The proceeds from the public sale will profit the Baltimore Design School.
“I’m all the time a proponent for reaching again to ‘each, educate one’ for these youthful of us to inform them that success the journey is doesn’t occur in a single day,” Davis mentioned.
For Davis, collaborating with the O’s is nice for publicity, giving again to the neighborhood and even testing her arm energy.
“I’ll be throwing out the primary pitch. I’ve been working towards. I’m enthusiastic about throwing out that first ceremonial pitch,” Davis mentioned.
The shirt giveaway and public sale will happen at Saturday’s 4 o’clock sport in opposition to the Marlins.
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