Becky Bartkowski

Some of Phoenix Fashion Week's 2013 emerging designers

The Phoenix Fashion Week team announced its 2013 pack of 12 emerging designers. In the coming months, the international bunch of aspiring fashionables will work on honing their brands and perfecting their collections, which they will show at Phoenix Fashion Week 2013 from October 1 through 5 at Talking Stick Resort.

And the emerging designers are...

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Jim Delrae

Jesus Christ, that guy looks familiar!

Jesus is back.

This time, instead of appearing in a tortilla or a fabric softener stain, He's chosen a ceramic tile at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport as His stage. The Christ's bearded visage is facing east in a floor tile at a security checkpoint in Terminal Three, home to American, Delta, and Frontier Airlines; apparently Jesus flies coach, as He's nowhere near the First Class Passengers Only sign there. How like Him!

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Benjamin Leatherman

Monsterland in Mesa: It's alive.

Zombie-loving geeks of the Valley, prepare thyself. Haunted attraction and event space Monsterland is set to rise from its grave and live again later this summer. The horror-themed establishment in downtown Mesa, which closed down at the beginning of the year, will reportedly reopen for business on a limited basis in late August for special events.

Rumblings of life started coming from Monsterland's grave last week when its Facebook page featured a message promising that a "GIGANTIC announcement" about the venue's future would be made over the weekend. And said announcement came this past Saturday afternoon when Marco Regalado of Tempe's Pop Culture Paradise proclaimed that Monsterland would become a functioning event space after a special "Resurrection Party" on Saturday, August 24.

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Courtesy of H&M

Designer Isabel Marant

Fashion collaborations are officially on the upswing.

H&M announced that Parisian designer Isabel Marant will collaborate with fast fashion retailer a fall 2013 collection. This follows Target's recent announcement that Phillip Lim will design a fall collection for the big box store.

Marant's designs are known for their signature boho-rocker look with an indescribable French quality of effortless style.

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The owners of Midcentury modern furniture store Phoenix Metro Retro announced via Facebook that they'll close up their Melrose District shop June 22.

Douglas and Heidi Ambrahamson have run the store since 2009. "We've got wonderful customers, and I'm really going to miss a lot of them," Heidi says.

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Courtesy of AMC Theatres

Take seat, cinephiles. Moviegoing on Mill Avenue is about to get a whole lot better.

That's because AMC announced plans to open a movie theater in fall of 2013 on Tempe's main drag at Centerpoint on Mill, a complex that features housing, retail, and nightlife elements.

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Courtesy of Guess

Model Madison Brown

Guess who. Arizona-based model Madison Brown is one of 25 finalists currently in the running to be clothing label Guess' next official Guess Girl.

The fashionable (and implicitly racy) title has been held famously by such celebs as Drew Barrymore, Claudia Schiffer, and Anna Nicole Smith. And it seems like Brown might just be destined to appear jeans-clad in black and white, too, if her current status as a top-five contender is any indication.

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After announcing the imminent closure of home décor emporium Hard Goods' storefront on Central Avenue, owner and concrete artisan Brandon Gore shared that, instead of shuttering, the shop will relocate to an outpost inside Midcentury furniture store Modern Manor.

Gore says he was approached by the Melrose District mainstay shortly after he announced he would close Hard Goods, and the process of moving the former location's stock to the new space will begin this week. By his estimate, the new location will be open in about two weeks.

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This October, you'll want to buckle up your spurs and head to Scottsdale. It's time for some Championship Bull Riding.

The Scottsdale Showdown will take place Saturday, October 19, at WestWorld of Scottsdale.

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Becky Bartkowski

Mykel Sane and Rusty Workman say they opened Black N Blue Rockstar Clothing & Accessories because Phoenix needs it. The newest addition to downtown Phoenix's Fifth Street (just south of Roosevelt Row) is what the owners describe as a one-stop shop for all things cool -- vintage duds, edgy haircuts, and tattoos, too.

The bungalow space the boutique occupies at 906 North Fifth Street is divvied among three businesses. Black N Blue is in the front, and Space Magic Tattoo and Ultra Violet Salon are toward the back.

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