Slain Utah designer’s creations on display thanks to others who helped finish his work

  • Afa Ah Loo’s designs were showcased at the Creative Pacific fashion show.
  • His sketches, found posthumously, were completed by local designers for the event.
  • The show celebrated Pacific Islander creativity and honored Ah Loo’s artistic legacy.

SALT LAKE CITY — You never know what you’re going to find when you’re cleaning up an office.

That was certainly the situation for Janae Pettit and Natalie Workman, two fashion designers who shared a studio with the late local designer Afa Ah Loo.

One week after his death — Ah Loo was shot and killed during the No Kings protest in Salt Lake City on June 14 — the designers found what they were more than happy to see: Ah Loo’s sketches of a collection he was recently working on…

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