Runway The Real Way

11/21/2024

CosMODA Alliance is the cure for the common catwalk. We are here to DISRUPT the status quo and are looking for designers with a similar vision. We have the most unusual offering for our runway show that gives you authentic freedom to create over-the-top fantasy looks that entertain and engage and bring a dynamic aesthetic that blows the status quo away! If you are a designer with a difference and finding it hard to get the return from the runway that you crave - call us to be part of the new reinvented runway! Send photos and write a short statement about why we should consider your collection … get your inventive juices going and flowing! We want YOU!

11/18/2024

The .pieces as worn by Jessica Konopka of ….the Heroic Collection finally met a model to match the empowering feeling of each piece. .the.photog shot this session model and hair and makeup. More pieces captured and more to come! Fun day and we got it different day

11/14/2024

HAPPY WORLD DIABETES DAY!! And Happy STROKE-Aversary to me!! 15 years ago today I had my stroke on my way to the final event for Divabetic at Riverside Church. Timing is everything. It was super inconvenient to not go up and coordinate the fashion event with Max Szadek and the team, but I insisted on getting to the hospital (as soon as I did the FAST test) and told my husband to call 9-1-1 …it is a game changer to get to the hospital within three hours of a stroke!! They can administer TPA (clot busting drug) and stop the brain attack from further spreading and taking out more facilities. I call it my Lucky Stroke! A special reason to celebrate this special day!! Gratitude and determination healed me. Thanks to JP Candu - the great Poet - for his nursing me back to wholeness …I really do get by with a little help from my friends!! THANKFUL FOR TODAY!!!

11/14/2024

I’m officially in a relationship!!! Yes he’s a little furry and his nails need to be clipped, but he LOVES me and I love him!! What a fun day representing .runway and .pieces at JewCE in an intimate setting where you could see and talk! I was on overload from NYCC and this was a welcome vibe!! Thanks to and for always making me feel welcome!! To the Gru and Beyond!!

11/11/2024

On my way to JewCE!! Jewish Comic Experience…What a great way to spend the day. Wonderful program and saw a lot of old Marvel friends and love the Center for Jewish History on West 16th Street. What great panels, people and pop culture! Learned a lot and laughed all day long!!

11/07/2024

Shop for your favorite piece for a limited time. You saw the .pieces in A Very Brooklyn Fashion Show on October 15th. One your own and become Heroically Adorned. Noe through November 15th!! Let me know if you want your own custom piece in any item of Upcycled accessory decoupaged with water logged and rescued Comicbooks from a store floor. Upcycled is the way to go!! Save the planet and wear your values - heroically.

11/07/2024

The .piece display is up at and you can own your very own hand made Heroic Adornment accessory from the limited collection currently featured at Industry City’s store!! I can also do a custom piece of your favorite character in a bangle or bauble of your choice! Special orders don’t upset us!!! Christmas is coming. Unique gift giving of the Upcycled kind is the best way to show planet, purpose and people values are high on your list. Visit 51 35th street Building 5 today. Right next to St. Mark’s Comics!!!

11/07/2024

Spent the day with like minded creatives having fun and making each other laugh. Thank you and and and for salvaging this day. Get on with it and do it together. We will uplift each other and preservere.

10/31/2024

The collection is gaining momentum and popularity. Power Pieces: Heroic Adornment has been an idea that emerged from the depths of my inner psyche and combines my journeys in the fields of fashion, comics and sustainability under one main umbrella! I love that I would never have created this endeavor without the influence of Mark Gruenwald and all my wonderful cronies along the way. Runway the Real Way is fashion diversity on the inclusive catwalk. Underlying all my many decades is the sense of equality, disrupting and leveling the playing field. Thanks to all my supporters over the years who always participated in my scarebrain schemes and made sure I always was embraced for wacky ideas and moments of lucid, waking dream states where I was channeling some “what if” moments and willing them into existence

10/25/2024

And just like that…a runway star is born! My mantra for newcomers to the modeling world is “INCLUDE YOURSELF” - you gotta be in it to win it. Thanks for proving me right - and turning up and turning out!! Hope you enjoyed walking in A Very Brooklyn Fashion Show as much as we enjoyed giving you your first shot! Obviously and thought the same. You are a star!! And it’s just the beginning…

10/23/2024

I love that I found this Lavendar satin trench at a swap shop last year at the SFCC in Harlem. The tag for $278 was still on it!! Score!!! I think it gives me an edge to know I rescued this beauty from winding up in a landfill. It was a weird color and probably never worn - and I repurposed it. Makes it ALL the more precious!!

10/22/2024

10/22/2024

So great to see all of my (and the Gru’s) old friends at NYCC. Thanks to Mark Texeira and his hearty hugs!! Such a special time and Heartfelt THANKS to everyone who made it magical and meaningful! You ALL mean so much to me and I’m so glad when we get together! Till we meet again!!

10/22/2024

This fabulous fall weather is great to transition with lightweight dresses that work with sandals but then segue with tights and boots....love this collection waist accentuating dress!!! Throw on a leather jacket for cooler evenings. Voila!! Fall figured for full figures!! Catch your look and contact them for a showroom appointment on West 37th Street.you will LOVE them.

10/21/2024

Congratulations are in order for CosMODA’s own cosplayer supreme .kandel who crafted this dinosaur and won the Marvel Cosplay Contest. You should know how proud I am of you and all you mean to the CosMODA family!! Your many characters may have to be highlighted at another time. Too old to make references to all who need to be thanked!!! Oh my my my MY!!!

10/21/2024

Standout moment with a unique and fantastically edgey designer on the runway. Thoroughly enjoyed the amazing artistry of this collection. Completely unexpected and captivating …so beautifully executed! The audience was mesmerized! Kudos! Give us more!!!!

10/17/2024

Guess where I am today?? Woo hoo. Thank you to for the Exhibitor 4 day pass. Representing the Gru! Mother Marvel protects us all!