Kansas City Fashion Week hits the runway this week at Union Station, showcasing beautiful garments. But it’s also a stage where stories, identities, and values unfold. As the world navigates the tumultuous year of 2025, designers and models alike are proving that fashion carries a significance far deeper than trends or aesthetics. It’s about expression, resilience, and connection.

For Lashaunda Cole, founder of Legacy in Motion, the season’s collection is rooted in imagination and self-discovery. “The idea behind my line is myself, the housewife, being asked by one of my rich friends to go to the Caribbean for a week,” she says. “Each look on the runway is what I would have worn if I went—there’s a travel day, shopping day, beach day, club day, even a formal gala.”

Although Cole’s collec

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