To critics who have complained large solar panels are simply unsightly, the fashion world tends to disagree. If it seemed like runway at Portland Fashion Week was beaming with energy, perhaps it’s because the platform was professionally engineered to do so. SolarWorld, this year’s primary sponsor of the event, provided flat black solar panels which were transformed via keen eye for design into the actual strip cat walked by models from start to finish. Sleek, elegant and environmentally conscious found common ground, quite literally, just beneath the feet of fashionistas as surrounding crowds applauded in approval.The set-up itself was not all that energized crowds throughout the event. As designers from host city of Portland all the way across the pond to Paris converged to bring together some of the freshest designs around, crowds lost themselves in a word of style and imagination, while remembering the importance of preserving the world around them.In the otherworldly arena of fashion, the event was not lacking in big names. Last season’s Project Runway winner, Seth Aaron Henderson, helped to put on the event and showcased some of his original work. Joining Henderson were the looks of fellow cast members, Gordana Gehlhausen, Jay Nicholas Sario and Jonathan Joseph Peters. The runway was also open to designers of varying fame from the Northwest and abroad, with Bogata-based Amelia Toro also putting styles on display.