CONNECTION
Fashion Directory
Community Calendar First Fashion Tuesdays Connection Events |
EDUCATION
Continuing Education
Public Education High School Program STLFA High School Fashion Summit |
GRANTS
Educator Grants
Professional Grants |
STL Fashion Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fashion professionals and students in the greater St. Louis area.
STLFA membership is FREE.
Our Three Pillars of Programming
Connection - STLFA provides community connection through events such as our First Fashion Tuesdays. We host a fashion directory and community calendar which are free services.
Education - STLFA provides Continuing Education opportunities to our professionals in collaboration with area organizations, Public Education through fun events designed for our fashion enthusiasts, and occupation and pathway awareness through our High School Program (2025). For more information about our high school program click here.
Grants - (2026) STLFA will provide small grants to both fashion professionals and educators to support and further business and educational based clubs/programming.
STLFA membership is FREE.
Our Three Pillars of Programming
Connection - STLFA provides community connection through events such as our First Fashion Tuesdays. We host a fashion directory and community calendar which are free services.
Education - STLFA provides Continuing Education opportunities to our professionals in collaboration with area organizations, Public Education through fun events designed for our fashion enthusiasts, and occupation and pathway awareness through our High School Program (2025). For more information about our high school program click here.
Grants - (2026) STLFA will provide small grants to both fashion professionals and educators to support and further business and educational based clubs/programming.
Our mission is to provide access and resources to St. Louis fashion professionals and students with the goal of recreating our dominance in the fashion industry as a global force through connection, education and grants.
Meet the Team!
Audra, Co-Founder and Executive Director
Audra Harrold brings designer, manufacturing, and nonprofit expertise to STL Fashion Alliance including first-hand entrepreneurial experience from her equestrian sport brand. Audra weathered the idiosyncrasies, mechanics, successes, and failures of navigating an apparel line from ideation to consumer. Her involvement with small batch manufacturing provided a full circle understanding of the process from product development through production.
Her participation within the St. Louis fashion community, combined with her previous non-profit experience working with the American Cancer Society in community programing, development, and media relations, and the Saint Louis Fashion Fund as program director round out her skillset. She is passionate about St. Louis fashion and is committed to propelling business forward and upward through connection, education, and creatively orchestrated events that are an exceptional fun time for all.
Random facts about Audra: She has two boys, both in college. She has two smooshie faced rescue dogs Lollipop (boxer) and Roxann (Olde English Bulldogge). She is not a fan of olives or mushrooms and she loves to escape the real world with a good fiction book.
"True elegance is the art of courage in motion: be bold, be graceful, be humble, be caring, be confident and most importantly be unapologetically YOU." - Audra Harrold
Audra Harrold brings designer, manufacturing, and nonprofit expertise to STL Fashion Alliance including first-hand entrepreneurial experience from her equestrian sport brand. Audra weathered the idiosyncrasies, mechanics, successes, and failures of navigating an apparel line from ideation to consumer. Her involvement with small batch manufacturing provided a full circle understanding of the process from product development through production.
Her participation within the St. Louis fashion community, combined with her previous non-profit experience working with the American Cancer Society in community programing, development, and media relations, and the Saint Louis Fashion Fund as program director round out her skillset. She is passionate about St. Louis fashion and is committed to propelling business forward and upward through connection, education, and creatively orchestrated events that are an exceptional fun time for all.
Random facts about Audra: She has two boys, both in college. She has two smooshie faced rescue dogs Lollipop (boxer) and Roxann (Olde English Bulldogge). She is not a fan of olives or mushrooms and she loves to escape the real world with a good fiction book.
"True elegance is the art of courage in motion: be bold, be graceful, be humble, be caring, be confident and most importantly be unapologetically YOU." - Audra Harrold
Our Board of Directors
President:
John Gieseke
Vice President:
Paulie Gibson
Paulie Gibson
Secretary:
Lori Krug
Lori Krug
Board Members:
Connie Bourgeois
Chiara Carroll
Dakota Grady
Terri Grillo
Mallori Green
T. Moore
Sam Ojile
Meg Rogers
Kim Shane
Eugenia Washington
Caroline Williard
Tara Yazawa
Chiara Carroll
Dakota Grady
Terri Grillo
Mallori Green
T. Moore
Sam Ojile
Meg Rogers
Kim Shane
Eugenia Washington
Caroline Williard
Tara Yazawa
David Weaver - Attorney Advisor and former STLFA Board President
Our Interns
Shelby Schmutzler
Lindenwood University
Graduation Dec. 2025
Fashion Design
Lindenwood University
Graduation Dec. 2025
Fashion Design
Emerson Harrold
University of Tennessee
Graduation May 2026
Marketing
University of Tennessee
Graduation May 2026
Marketing
Kristin, Co-Founder
STL Fashion Alliance began with Kristin Phommaly and a team of interns who built its first directory and events calendar. After partnering with Audra Harrold to grow the vision, Audra has since taken the helm, guiding the organization forward.
STL Fashion Alliance began with Kristin Phommaly and a team of interns who built its first directory and events calendar. After partnering with Audra Harrold to grow the vision, Audra has since taken the helm, guiding the organization forward.