TRIBUTE 2026 brings 70 models and Mother Model Management’s star-making runway to The Post Building
St. Louis’ biggest night of fashion is coming to The Post Building. TRIBUTE 2026, the 14th annual fashion show by Mother Model Management, takes the runway Saturday, Nov. 21, at 900 N. Tucker Blvd., a few blocks north of Washington Avenue. Doors open at 7 p.m., VIP guests check in at 6:30, and the show starts at 8.
The agency promises a night of local and national designers, with 70 models from across the country, many coming off the top international runways, and 25 of the most prestigious modeling agencies, from New York and around the world, as VIP guests. “This is the night where fashion is celebrated, local stylists and talent are showcased, and dreams become real,” the event page says. “There is nothing like TRIBUTE.”
Mother Model Management is run by husband and wife Jeff and Mary Clarke from 3147 Locust St. It works as a “mother agency,” discovering and developing models and placing them with top agencies around the world. Over its 25-year history, the agency discovered Ashton Kutcher, Karlie Kloss, Grace Hartzel, Alanna Arrington, Jay Wright and Myla Dalbesio, and more than 50 of its models have walked the top runways in New York, London, Milan and Paris. “Fashion is usually associated with cities like New York and Paris, but many of your favorite models came from America’s heartland, thanks to Jeff and Mary Clarke,” Entertainment Tonight said. The Seattle Times called the Clarkes “the fairy godparents of the modeling world,” and Harper’s Bazaar Australia called them “powerhouse model scouts,” St. Louis Magazine noted. Hartzel went on to become the face of Saint Laurent.
“TRIBUTE began as an acknowledgement of the success that we were having globally which we wanted to share with the community,” Mary Clarke told Sophisticated Living St. Louis in 2022. “It’s evolved into a showcase for local talent from designers to stylists.” That year, for the 10th show and the agency’s 25th anniversary, TRIBUTE came to The Hawthorn on Washington Avenue, with Caleres as sponsor. Many models walk their first show at TRIBUTE before going on to labels like Gucci, and agents, casting directors and fashion writers fill the seats. “The Tribute runway is where stars are launched and international models are celebrated,” Mary Clarke told St. Louis Magazine.
This year’s venue has its own history. Built in 1930 for the Globe-Democrat and later home to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Post Building is now renovated office space in Downtown North.
Tickets are on Eventbrite, listed from $33.85 to $135.23, and all ages are welcome. General admission is standing room on the floor, drinks are for sale at the bar, and there’s no dress code: “Come in what you feel is most comfortable and fashionable.” Eventbrite lists free parking, with a lot at 1001 N. Tucker Blvd. (the Channel 30/KDNL building) plus street and garage parking nearby. All sales are final. Make a night of it with dinner or drinks on Wash Ave before the doors open.
This week in music
Basement plays The Hawthorn, 2231 Washington Ave., on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, with doors at 7 p.m. Since forming in 2009, the band has been the same five friends: vocalist Andrew Fisher, guitarists Alex Henery and Ronan Crix, bassist Duncan Stewart and drummer James Fisher. Tickets and info: thehawthornstl.com
This week in art
Designer and illustrator Natashna Anderson, known creatively as natashNa A., leads Make Your Own Bookmark on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, 2–3:30 p.m., at Central Library, 1301 Olive St., in the Wash Ave neighborhood. In the 90-minute workshop, participants design and hand-carve linoleum blocks and print their own bookmarks. Details: slpl.bibliocommons.com
From the ‘gram
Looking down tree-lined Wash Ave past ornate terra-cotta, built for fashion.
📸: @eichelbergerphoto
https://www.instagram.com/washington_avenue/p/DZgSA7qPq6L/
Sources
Mother Model Management, TRIBUTE: https://www.mothermodelmanagement.com/tribute
Mother Model Management, About: https://www.mothermodelmanagement.com/about
Mother Model Management, the mother agent: https://www.themotheragents.com/mother
TRIBUTE 2026 tickets and FAQ, Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tribute-2026-tickets-1997716617179
Helene Sayad, “Tribute Fashion Show to Present International Modeling Talent This Saturday,” St. Louis Magazine, Nov. 21, 2014: https://www.stlmag.com/culture/tribute-fashion-show-to-present-international-modeling-talent-this-saturday/
“MOTHER Model Management Celebrates Milestone Year in Style,” Sophisticated Living St. Louis, Nov. 17, 2022: https://www.sophisticatedstlouis.com/home/4yaaz6p6nlud1m6hisrmac6b7k2g6b
The Hawthorn, upcoming events: https://www.thehawthornstl.com/
St. Louis Public Library, Make Your Own Bookmark: https://slpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a33190c8ea300e2631e7c2c
