Audience members watch as models display artist KD Roope's "Clipped Counterparts" made of paper clips, binder clips, mercury glass and wire during the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.

Audience members watch as models display artist KD Roope's "Clipped Counterparts" made of paper clips, binder clips, mercury glass and wire during the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.

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Artist Samantha and Owen Adams take to the stage in her “Steampunk Metamorphoses” made of plastic wrap, sharpie markers, duct tape, wire hangers, recycled wedding dresses and spray paint during the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 on Sunday.

Joanne Sam models her "Phoenix" made at The Canvas with help from Cristina Carpentier, Larissa Manewell, Gary Peterson, Andrea Short and Phoebe Rohrbacher at the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.

Joanne Sam models her “Phoenix” made at The Canvas with help from Cristina Carpentier, Larissa Manewell, Gary Peterson, Andrea Short and Phoebe Rohrbacher at the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.

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