If you are going to have strict dress codes, then runway shows inside the clubs make sense. Aquilon had the strictest dress code and they hosted the most fashion shows. This then branched out to art and performance artist in the most current nightclubs of the day.

These types of events continued even after Club Kids took over the clubs and shattered all fashion norms. Still no tennis shoes allowed though.

An unintended consequence of all these shows was leaving the "runway" up at all times. This ushered in elevated dance. Soon after there were boxes to dance on everywhere. Metropolis even had a elevated strip above their main bar.










I was
punished by a
Cleveland ballet boy,
met him at
U4ia though, March,
1988
Aquilon Wednesdays,
music, fashion, video,
April, 1988
Article about
the rebirth of
the Warehouse District
May, 1988
Always looking
for fashion tips,
circa 1988
Fashion show
at The Lift and
Aquilon, October, 1989
Babylon A
GO GO opening night,
November, 1989
Babylon A
GO GO opening weekend
continues November, 1989
Club clips
- Aquilon brings
in Vanity Fair
- Paper -
Manhattan Night Life
- Interview and
Manipulator Magazine
bring celebrities to
Cleveland, circa 1989
Snow Ball
at Club Trash
with snow queen,
fairies and other
performance art, circa
1989
Dino Palmieri
hair design show
at Aquilon, April,
1990
Article about
Aquilon in the
Cleveland Edition, May,
1990
Ascension at
Aquilon, May, 1990
Cleveland hotspots
in the Cleveland
Edition, May, 1990
Fashion show
at The Fridge
and partial club
list of the
Flats, September, 1990
Fashion show
at the Fridge,
September, 1990
Art show
and Metropol DJ
at The Lift,
October, 1990
Accessories Fashion
Show at Coconuts,
November, 1990
Too Much,
Too Fast Art
Rave at The
Fridge, November, 1990
Nice ad
from Babylon circa
1990
Academy Awards
Watch Party at
Aquilon, January, 1991
Metropolis' Grand
Opening article,
May, 1991
Metropolis grand
opening article in
the Plain Dealer,
May, 1991
Performance art
lost hall and
club kids at
The Fridge, June,
1991
Paper Magazine
says Aquilon is
one of the
hottest Clubs in
the USA, July,
1991
Art Against
Homelessness at the
Fridge, August, 1991
Project X
calling all club
kids to The
Lift, August, 1991
Darryl Polk
Photography and GQ
Fashion Show at
Metropolis, September, 1991
Denim fashion
show as seen
in Details Magazine,
on the Aquilon stage,
September, 1991
Model search
at Metropolis September,
1991
Another fashion
show at Aquilon
October, 1991
Fashion shows
at Metropolis and
The Church, October,
1991
Metropolis mailer
for art and
jewelry to the
cyber tribe October,
1991
United Colors
of Benetton fashion
show, Aquilon, October,
1991
Club Trash
has a New
Year's Day party,
circa 1991
Art opening
at U4ia January,
1992
Enigma Performance
Art at U4ia,
January, 1992
Smart Bar
ad February, 1992
Cyberave 1
with performance artists
at Smart Bar,
March, 1992
Fashion show
at Metropolis, March,
1992
Smart Bar
ushers in roaming
performance art March,
1992
AIDS benefit
at Metropolis July,
1992
Dancing now
on the bar
and the steps
and anywhere else
you want at
Smart Bar
1992
Art and
fashion show at
Metropolis, October, 1992
DJ Repete
returns to Metropolis
amid Funhouse Fashion Show,
November, 1992
Style section metropolis
chic, circa
1992
Smart Bar
calls for underground
style makers to
go to NYC,
March, 1993
Article about
Angela Ver Duyn and
her club Smart
Bar in River
News of the Flats
newspaper April,
Club 69
at club U4ia
an underwear affair
April, 1993
Buzz U4ia
White Trash ad
May, 1995
Loft fashion
show foil a
circa 1995
Loft fashion
show foil,
circa 1995
Vaccariello Art
at The Powerhouse, July,
1996
E opens
at U4ia with
Sexplosion