An evening of drinks, charcuterie, designs and a one-of-a-kind fashion show is making a double promise: That Naples can give off the glam vibe even during the dog days of August; and that the Bayshore neighborhood supports artists in their search for local studio space.

The event, on Thursday, Aug. 29, is Embellished Wearable Art Fashion Show, and it stems from the potential to acquire a full building floor that Amanda Jaron, president of Bayshore Arts District Inc., spotted early this year. The upstairs space was loaded with natural light and easily could be “self-partitioned,” as she put it, for artists who want private space.

Bayshore Arts District Inc. is hoping to acquire the entire 41,000 square feet of space, the former International College, for an arts district headquarters and for artist workspaces, Jaron said.

“We field about a handful of people calling every week asking, ‘Where is there studio space to rent? We want to be part of the district,’ ” she said.

“At this moment, we want to create this space that artists can come [to],” Jaron said. “Ultimately, we’d like to have a photo studio that can be rented by the day.” A utility room and a conference room artists can reserve for one-day classes are also on the wish list.

Stacie Krupa of Fort Myers, who got her master’s in fiber painting and drawing, will be at the show with what she calls her “original fashionista masterpiece, dress-to-impress party paintings.” The party is on your back: Krupa will take plain items, from hats to dresses to shoes, on commission from customers and add an original fiber paint artwork. If you want that painting to address the theme of the party you’re attending, Krupa will do that, too.

She’s added art to clothing people already own.

“Your canvas, my masterpiece. That allows, if somebody sees something they want or like, an idea, like seahorses—‘Oh, I wish that were on my jeans or my hat’—it’s still part of the thing.”

On model Debra Sciacqua, the art was brushed gold figures down the back of a coral, body-conscious sheath, and just a few sparkling strokes across the front. At the hemline was Krupa’s signature: Art Boss.

Jaron, who owns a jewelry design boutique in the Bayshore Arts District said the event reinforces the reality that art is everywhere, in good clothing and jewelry, as well as on the walls.

“I actually make wearable art for a living,” she said. “But people don’t think about jewelry as wearable art. I consider myself a sculptor who makes tiny sculptures out of gold and diamonds.”

Even food will have its turn, with Nancy Iannitelli, who traditionally works in two-dimensional art, turning her sculptural skills to the charcuteries that will be at the event.

Alanna Jewel Jaron, Amanda Jaron’s daughter, is among the 21 artists and designers who have stepped up to be at the event. Some are young, like Alanna, a design student at the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design at Drexel University. She’s offering fully designed clothing, such as the wing-sleeve, raw-edge black dress she brought for a photo session.

“We also have artists who have used the trash-to-treasure concept,” Amanda Jaron said. But she wanted to emphasize that wearable encompasses, but isn’t limited by, that genre. “Wearable art doesn’t have to be unwearable.”

The models will stroll through the contemporary furnishings showroom with front seats for the $200 VIPs, but the view open to all. Many of the wearable pieces will be for sale and there are works from artists, as well.

To support the artists, 50% of the proceeds are going to them—“We’re not asking them to totally contribute their art like happens so often,” Jaron emphasized. The idea, in both cases, is to support artists.

“This is not a unique idea. Cities all around the world do it, but the idea is we’ve found this space here that is really the perfect space for us. We need to raise the money, of course, to acquire the space and that’s really the reason for us to create this show,” she said.

There was also a reason to do it in August, Jaron added.

“Because people said we couldn’t. Because, quote, no one is here. So give me a challenge!” she declared.