Dress for the Opera

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Project Runway alum Austin Scarlett has been tapped by the Fort Worth Opera Festival to design costumes for the April production of With Blood, With Ink. Scarlett, best known for his wedding gowns and couture looks, will have an interesting challenge: The opera is about 17th century nuns during the Spanish Inquisition. [Racked Wire]