Designer Romey Roe Brings Louisiana Creativity to NYFW Runway

Botanical Armor: Where Beauty, Resilience and Transformation Bloom

Louisiana-based Fashion Designer Romey Roe brought a poetic vision of beauty, resilience and transformation with Botanical Armor,  presented during The Bureau at New York Fashion Week Designer Showcase. The runway presentation culminated in a memorable finale featuring newly crowned Miss America 2027, Regan Hutsell.

Hutsell, closed Roe’s presentation wearing a custom red evening gown featuring hand-beaded detailing, sculptural structure and a dramatic train, the striking look commanded the runway as Roe joined Hutsell for the closing walk.

A native of New Iberia, Louisiana, Roe is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he studied design and merchandising. A longtime New Orleans Fashion Week Designer Alumnus, he first presented original work on the NOFW Runway in 2016 and has returned for multiple seasons. With more than a decade in fashion, Roe has dressed a range of notable personalities, including Emmy-Nominated Actresses, Miss America Titleholders and Billboard Artist Robin Barnes Casey, whose custom gown marked his Grammy Awards Red-Carpet Debut in 2026.

Inspired by a garden in constant transformation, Botanical Armor explores the coexistence of beauty and adversity. Roe revisited archival designs, giving them new life through intricate handwork, crystals, floral embellishments and renewed silhouettes.

“Louisiana is really a part of our identity and the identity of this show,” Roe said. “I wanted to show what a small-town Louisiana Boy can do — and what Louisiana creatives can accomplish on a National Stage.”