Brainchild

05/25/2026

Monday Mood: Brainchild Intern Edition

05/17/2026

Sponsorships available! To receive information on sponsoring Gent and Fashion Anarchy DM us or email!

For more information on our programming click the link in our bio.

✉️: [email protected]

05/10/2026

🏆 WE’RE NOMINATED! 🏆

The Brainchild Next family is excited to share that Brainchild Next and Dwight Carter have been nominated in the St. Louis American Readers Choice Awards!

✨ Best Fashion Show
✨ Best Event Planner
✨ Best Podcast

From fashion shows and creative experiences to community impact and storytelling, every project has been built with passion, culture, and purpose — and your support has helped make it possible.

If you’ve attended a show, listened to the podcast, collaborated with us, modeled, volunteered, sponsored, or supported in any way… THANK YOU. ❤️

Now we need your vote!

🗳️ Vote daily and help us continue building creative experiences that push St. Louis culture forward.

Please vote for:
• GENT Men’s Fashion Week – Best Fashion Show
• BRAINCHILD – Best Event Planner
• Fashion Is Cool Podcast – Best Podcast

🔗 Cast your vote here: https://www.stlamerican.com/readerschoice/

04/30/2026

Something disruptive is coming to GENT.

Introducing Fashion Anarchy — a designer competition built for the next generation of talent.

This is our 14th competition between years of Project:Design!, Pins and Needles and Fashion Anarchy platforms built for emerging designers.

Submissions open May 15.

A $10,000+ business prize package (not cash — real tools, real growth) featuring:
• Baby Lock
• City Sewing Room
• Carr Textiles
• Stars Design
…and more to be announced

This is where creativity meets opportunity.
Where designers don’t just show — they build.

Over 70 designers have competed in competitions produced by Dwight Carter and Brainchild Events.

Full competition details drop May 8.

Stay ready.

03/25/2026

Menswear has never just been clothing.

It’s identity.
It’s history.
It’s how culture moves before the world catches up.

From tailored suits to streetwear, the influence has always been here—shaped by people who understood style as expression, not rules.

Gent exists to honor that—and push it forward.

03/15/2026

“Just make it exist” -

New podcast episode coming soon! Follow Brainchild Next on Youtube.

03/13/2026

Elevate your brand with the GENT 2026.
Join a curated community of innovators in fashion, music, and culture.

Limited sponsorship opportunities are now available—partner with Brainchild Next | GENT to reach thousands of engaged, style-forward creatives.
A portion of proceeds supports United Way, giving back to our community.

DM us or email [email protected] for partnership deck.

02/13/2026

Flashback to BODACIOUS 80’s vibes! 🕶️✨
RetoNerds bring classics like Don't You Forgot About Me - Simple Minds, Jump - Van Halen
and Dont Change- INXS LIVE on stage while you skate.
🛼 Come decked in neon & leg warmers — it’s a total throwback!
📍 Feb 20 @ The Sovereign
🎟️ Tickets:https://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/s/38221040

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0rV5renPRI

The RetroNerds are an 80s tribute band from St. Louis, Missouri. They perform the best retro hits in perfect sync with the original music video on multiple d...

02/10/2026

Get your skates on and dance/skate to the sounds of The Retronerds!
https://youtu.be/km8fStGHhvc?si=CKRgR6laPCEJkwOS

12/30/2025

After 20 years producing fashion, music, and cultural events, in 2026 I’m focusing on Brainchild Next — an event consulting practice focused on helping brands and nonprofits design immersive, culture-forward experiences.

If you’re planning an event this year and want something intentional, creative, and meaningful, let’s connect.

Our signature events such as Gent, Muse and Fashion Anarchy will continue. The These events require a lot of production and time so I find it best to offer more event consulting and creative development for non profits, brands, community based. and educational institutions.
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