Topic: Fashion & Style

If you missed the chance to see some of the great fashions on the runway at the 2008 Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show, you don't need to worry anymore. Plum went live on the red carpet with host Abby Kingston, checking out local fashions--both on and off the runway.

Abby chats with locals and visitors alike, catching up with people such as Brother Jeff of Brother Jeff's Community Health Initiative, one of the beneficiaries. She also catches up with local business owner and clothing donor Kerin Cumming of Polaris Boutique, and John McGill of StraightOut Media. It was an event not to be missed, and Plum was there catching every minute of it for you.

PlumTV host Abby Kingston rubs elbows on the red carpet at the 2008 Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show, the gala event of the winter season. Check out the stylin' outfits on both models in the fashion show--and great Telluride locals!

Plum snuck backstage at the 2008 Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show to see what it takes to put on such a high-energy fashion show.

If this isn't enough and you're dying to see even more fashions from Telluride's hottest fashion show, we have even more coverage for you to check out.

Plum interviews the key players behind the Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show.

Ramona Bruland interviews Kerin Cummings, owner of Polaris Boutique. In addition to owning a salon, Cumming specializes as a personal dresser and has dressed celebrities like Goldie Hawn and Lenny Kravitz.

Designs from the 2008 Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show were out of this world. Held for two nights at the Telluride Conference Center, the event has been raising money for AIDS for more than a decade.

The whole show is coordinated and modeled by local volunteers who donate months to rehearsals for only a few hours in the limelight. Click here to see what goes on backstage.

The 2008 Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion show featured lines from locals like Sasha, Scarpe and Two Skirts, as well as big names, such as Nanette Lepore, Free People, Theory and Elie Tahari.

Plum went behind the scenes to see what it takes to perfect the models' hair and makeup for the Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show.

Thursday was the first night of the 2008 Telluride AIDS Benefit Fashion Show, where locals transform into glamorous models and strut their stuff down the runway - all for a good cause. Dress your best, sit back and enjoy the music, dance and high fashion, and don't forget the after parties.

Saturday's fashion show, which is sold out, starts at 7 p.m. at the Telluride Conference Center, and the after party kicks off at 10 p.m. at the Sheridan Opera House.

Telluride High School star Maddie Fansler organized and choreographed the Telluride Aids Benefit Student Fashion Show and auction Thursday night at the Michael D. Palm Theatre.