The Her Universe Fashion Show took over San Diego’s Manchester Grand Hyatt once again for a super hero-sized evening dedicated to geek couture, celebrating heroes and villains from the DC universe. As with every year, the landmark event by Ashley Eckstein puts an emphasis fans, fun, and creativity.
Here’s a look at everything we enjoyed at the 2026 Her Universe Fashion Show at San Diego Comic-Con!
Her Universe founder Ashley Eckstein cohosted this year with Broadway’s Michael James Scott. In total, 20 designers were tasked to participate creating looks inspired by iconic DC fandoms for the evening’s theme of Super Heroes and Super Villains. The top prize? A cash prize of $2,000 plus the opportunity to design a special fashion collection with Her Universe!
As in previous years, there were two winners during the show but as a special surprise this year there will be a THIRD winner that will be chosen from votes online and at the Her Universe booth:
- Judges Pick was Sean Quinn (from Santa Clarita, CA; participated previously in 2024)
- Audience Pick was Ren Wilkinson (from Midlothian, VA; participated previously in 2022)
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Judges included Marc Malkin, Senior Editor, Culture and Events at Variety; Symantha Perrera, Fashion Design Director at BoxLunch, Her Universe and Wholesale; Frankey Smith “Fantastic Frankey”, co-host of DC Studios Showcase; and rounding out the judges were both 2025 Her Universe Fashion Show winners Lynleigh Sato (Judges’ Pick Winner) and Caitlin Beards (Audience Pick Winner).
The full list of designers participating this year included Aibrean Glaister (from Toronto, Ontario), Ayana Martin (from Maitland, FL), Brooke Young (from Anaheim, CA), Cat Gravereaux (from Fort Edward, NY; participated previously in 2023, 2024, 2025), Christine Geiger (from Los Angeles, CA; participated previously in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024), Eden Hite-Ruecker (from Encinitas, CA), Lisa Truong (from Corona, CA), Gina Iwata (from Sacramento, CA), Jax Foss (from Springfield, PA), Jen Wolff (from Houston, TX; participated previously in 2025), Katherine Everything (from Lancaster, CA; participated previously in 2025), Katie Strube (from Kissimmee, FL; participated previously in 2024, 2025), Maggie Walker (from Clovis, CA), Mandy McLean Couch (from Las Vegas, NV; participated previously in 2023, 2024, 2025), Marlena Dougherty (from Valley Stream, NY), Paige Campbell (from Ransomville, NY; participated previously in 2022, 2025), Ramon Sosongco (from Riverside, CA), Terence Johnson (from Van Nuys, CA; participated previously in 2023, 2024, 2025).
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