Contestants in the first annual fashion show for goats pose on the “runway' at Dripping Springs Ranch Park & Event Center PHOTOS BY TERESA KENDRICK.
In the Cowgirl category was this leggy stunner in bandana-inspired evening wear accessorized with pearls and tulle leggings.
Jubilee, resplendent in “head to hoof glamor' and wearing a matching tiara, competed in the Princess category for the Liam Burgett family.
Winners celebrate their fashionista look at the Goat Couture runway show in Dripping Springs.
Retired Senior Judge Dan Mills confers with former Judge Anna M. Boling, Hays County Court at Law #1, during the best “Prince and Princess” competition.
Sugar, in celebrity-inspired apparel, took to the catwalk for Cunningham Orthodontics in Dripping Springs. She is shown with fashion designers Carly and Cami Cunningham. PHOTOS BY TERESA KENDRICK.
Goat Couture comes to Dripping Springs
Goats strutting their stuff on the runway in “haute couture” came to Dripping Springs this weekend at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park and Event Center. The Goat Couture runway show showcased fashions worn by goats, some of them reluctantly, in seven categories.
The festival opened with a goat stampede followed by a friendly competition among Hays and Blanco County first responders, mayors and commissioners. Singer songwriter Jillian Hudson performed live, opening the show with the Star Spangled Banner.
Contestants were judged by actual Hays County Judges, persuaded by show producer Milena Christopher, a Hays County attorney who is the founder and chair of the Law Offices of Milena Christopher Charities, Inc.
The event was inspired by a similar one in San Francisco that Christopher and her family saw on a recent vacation. After seeing the California version, Christopher said she knew immediately that, “We needed this in Dripping Springs.” Her husband reluctantly agreed, she said, and more than 2,100 tickets were sold to the inaugural event. Proceeds will benefit seven Future Farmers of America chapters in Blanco and Hays counties. Christopher hopes this will become an annual tradition.