Planned for Boston Fashion Week · 2027
The runway is coming back, reimagined as a sensory-friendly, inclusive youth fashion show and autism fundraiser, inspired by founder Rica Elysée's journey with her son.
The comeback story
Then
01 · 2014–2015Kids Rip the Runway debuted on October 11, 2014 at Boston's Back Bay Events Center, with 45 youth models and five kids' designers, and the Big Sister Association of Greater Boston as charity partner. A second show was held in 2015.
The pause
02 · After 2015After the 2015 show, Kids Rip the Runway took a long pause. Now founder Rica Elysée's journey with her son is inspiring a new direction for its return.
Next
03 · 2027For 2027, we are reimagining the show as an inclusive youth fashion experience and autism fundraiser, aiming to take the runway during Boston Fashion Week 2027.
Your place in the show
Walk it, design for it, help build it, or help make it possible. Early interest is open now.
For young models, ages 4–17
Walk a runway with coaching, rehearsal, and a caring team backstage.
For kidswear labels & young makers
Show a capsule on a Boston runway built for children's fashion, whether you're an established label or a 14-year-old with a sewing machine.
For brands & community organizations
Put your brand behind youth confidence in Boston with visibility that families actually remember, from stage to social to keepsake media.
For crew, creatives & press
Dressers, stage managers, hair and makeup, photographers, videographers, and journalists — the show runs on people who love this work.
What kids get
The show is one night. The preparation, community, and new sense of possibility stay with them.
Coaching, rehearsal, and an audience ready to celebrate help kids take up space with purpose — onstage and afterward.
We are planning fittings, rehearsals, thoughtful lighting and sound, and backstage direction for each young model's runway moment.
Young makers and future stylists see that fashion is not one job. It is design, production, beauty, storytelling, and business.
We hope to capture show-day moments that families can look back on with pride.
Planned for Boston Fashion Week 2027
Boston is full of young talent, independent brands, creative families, and neighborhoods with stories worth seeing. For 2027, we are working toward a welcoming stage where they can come together.
Runway energy
Real moments from the original Kids Rip the Runway stage, celebrating the confidence and community behind the comeback.
For families
Start with ages, experience, cost, accessibility, guardian consent, and what happens after you join.
Visit the full FAQInterest is open
Join free and be first to hear when dates, casting, designer submissions, and tickets are announced. Every child-related form is completed by a parent or legal guardian.
Free interest list · Parent or guardian completes the form