IT WAS THE 136TH RUN FOR THE ROSES AND A FIRST FOR ME.

WE'LL VISIT TAYLOR COUNTY FOR TONIGHT'S OUR TOWN.

THIS IS THE MOST FAMOUS RACE TRACK YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF.

AND A GROUP EFFORT PUTS KENTUCKY FASHIONS FORWARD.

THIS IS OUR DERBY-INSPIRED SHOW SO STAY WITH US FOR "KENTUCKY LIFE."

HELLO, EVERYBODY, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG WITH MY PAL TOBY.

WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "KENTUCKY LIFE" INSPIRED BY THE MOST FAMOUS TWO MINUTES IN ALL OF SPORTS, THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

OVER THE YEARS, I'VE WATCHED THE DERBY ON TELEVISION, I'VE ñ█ú█ ATTENDED DERBY PARTIES AND EVENTS.

BUT I'VE NEVER@█ ACTUALLY BEEN N THE GRAND STAND S BENEATH THOSE TWIN SPIRS OF CHURCHILL FAMOUS DOWN THAT ALL CHANGED IN 2010 WHEN I GOT TO LEAVE THE DREAM OF MILLIONS OF RACE FANS AROUND THE WORLD, AND ATTEND THE 136TH RUN FOR THE ROSES.

IT IS KNOWN AS THE MOST FAMOUS TWO MINUTES IN ALL OF SPORTS.

AND THE ONE ANNUAL EVENT THAT PUTS KENTUCKY ON THE WORLD'S STAGE.

THE SYMBOLISM, THE COLOR, THE MOVIE STARS, THE RACING STARS THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE OUTLANDISH, AND -- ALL BE FOUND AT CHURCHILL DOWNS ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.

YET AS HOSTS OF THE ONE TELEVISION SHOW THAT SHOWCASES EVERYTHING GREAT ABOUT THE BLUEGRASS STATE , THE ONLY WAY I HAD SEEN THE BIGGEST RACE IN THE WORLD WAS IN MY LIVING ROOM, LIKE MILLIONS OF OTHERS.

DERBY 136 WAS MY CHANCE TO SEE IT IN PERSON.

AND DE RBY DAY IS CERTAINLY A UP WITH OF A KIND EXPERIENCE YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

THIS WAS SANDY'S FIRST TRIP TO THE DERBY.

>> HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS JUST IN LADIES HATS DO W E HAVE HERE >> I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO ARRIVE EARLY FULLY APPRECIATE THE DERBY BECAUSE IT IS AN ALL-DAY PARADE OF GLAMOR, ECCENTRICITY, RACES LEADING UP TO THE BIG RACE, NERVE WRACKING ANTICIPATION AS TRAI NERS, OTHER THANS AND THOROUGHBREDS WAIT FOR THE BIGGEST RACE OF THEIR LIVES AND HATS, AND HATS, AND HATS.

SO MANY DERBY HATS ONE MIGHT THINK THEY ARE REQUIRED.

>> LOOK AT ALL OF THE HATS, NOT ONLY ON THE HEAD BUT ALONG THE WALL.

IF YOU FORGOT YOUR HAT YOU COULD COME IN HERE AND SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND GET ONE RIGHT HERE AT THE DERBY.

HI, NICE HAT.

>> YOU'LL FIND GREAT JOCKEYS FROM THE PAST AT THE DERBY.

THAT'S HALL OF FAME JOCKEY RANDY RAMERO SIGNING HIS BOOK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I WANTED TO SEE THE INFIELD, THAT'S WHERE THE MORE EXCENTRIC RACING FANS GATHER.

AND ON THIS COLD, RAINY DAY THEY HAD TO FIND THEIR STAMINA.

BUT THEIR SPIRITS WER E NOT DAMP ENED.

AFTER ALL, CHURCHILL DOWNS IS THE PLACE TO BE ON THE PLA NET ON DERBY DAY.

>> I JUST RAN INTO SOME OLD FRIENDS, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT THEY ARE BIG VIEWERSTOO AND INVIT MED TO HANG OUT WITH THEM FOR A WHILE.

HI, GUYS, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS IN A WHILE.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING OVER.

>> THANKS FOR WATCHING AND ALL THAT, YEAH.

>> IT IS GREAT DAY EVEN THOUGH IT IS OVERCAST.

>> AS ALWAYS, AS WE ALWAYS DO TOGETHER.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> THEY ARE GOOD PEOPLE.

WHERE ARE YOU?

>> WE'RE FROM A LITTLE TOWN CALLED GREEN BACK TENNE SSEE.

>> OUT WES T OF KNOXVILLE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELCOME TO LOUISVILLE.

>> BY NOW I WAS THINKIN G ABOUT THE RACE AND WHO WOULD PULL OFF THE VICTORY OF A LIFETIME.

MAYBE I COULD GET SOME IDE AS HERE IN THE INFIELD.

>> LET'S GO AND THEY CAN THEM OUT AND HOPE.

LY THEY ARE SOBER ENOUGH TO TALK TO US.

>> SUPER SAVER AND LINE OF DAVID.

OKAY.

>> MY NAME IS CANDY.

>> OKAY, I'M LOOKING FOR A CLUE WHON IS GOING TO WIN IN THE EIGHTH R ACE.

THE BIG ONE.

>> OH, YOU MEAN RACE 11.

>> OH, OKAY.

SEE, I DON'T KNOW EVEN WHAT RAC IT WAS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS THE 8TH RACE.

>> RACE 11, KENTUCKY DERBY, AWESOME ACT.

>> HE'S ALL OVER IT.

>> I'M STILL GOING GO WITH LINE OF DAVID.

>> LINE OF DAVID WHY DID YOU CHOOSE LINE OF DAVID?

>> BECAUSE I'M SEEING A LOT OF LINES OF DAVID NOW.

>> ARMED WITH KNOWLEDGE OR SO I THOUGHT, SANDY AND I HEADED TO THE BETTING AREA, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A WOMAN WHO THINKS OF HERSELF AS A SUPER SAVER.

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>> YOU'LL GO WITH.

>> SUPER SAVER.

>> OKAY, GREAT.

>> LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THE SUN STRUGGLED TO FINALLY BREAK THROUGH AS DERBY 136 WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN.

WHEN THEY PLAYED MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, AND A CROWD OF 250,000 SANG ALONG, I FELT PROUD TO HAVE BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

>> NEAR OFF, AND SO BEGAN ANOTHER GREAT TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS HISTORY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

ASSUMER SAVER.

>> WHAT A THRILL IT MUST BE TO PICK THE WINNER AT YOUR FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY.

AND IT WAS A DAY I WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER TOO.

SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY, I HAD WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE HERE IN THE GRAND STANDS AT THIS ICONIC EVENT.

NOW I KNOW, THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN COMPARE TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

>> THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE MY KENTUCKY DERBY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.

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ORG/KENTUCKYLIFE FOR MORE STORIES SELL BRITAINING OUR STATE'S MAJESTIC HORSES AND OUR PROUDEST TRADITION.

YOU KNOW, H ORSES ALSO PLAYED A ROLE IN THE BURNING OF CAMPBELLSVILLE'S COURTHOUSE IN 1864, CARRYING THE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY IN AN ATTACK AGAINST THE FORCE HELD IN THE BARRACKS THERE.

TODAY CAMPBELLSVILLE HOME TO A THRIVING UNIVERSITY, AND A POPULAR SUMMER VACATION SPOT.

IT IS TONIGHT'S OUR TOWN.

IN MANY WAYS TAYLOR COUNTY'S CAMPBELLSVILLE WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND 11,000 IS TYPICAL OF MOST SMALL KENTUCKY TOWNS.

WITH FRIENDLY DOWN-TO-EARTH FOLKS, AND SMALL TOWN HOSPITALITY, MAIN STREET HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH OVER THE DECADES, AND YOU MIGHT RAISE EYEBROWS IF YOU'RE MOVING TOO FAST AROUND HERE.

IN SOME WAY CAMPBELLSVILLE A STANDOUT COMMU NITY.

IT IS HOME TO CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY, OFFERING 63 FIELDS OF STUDY.

CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY WAS LISTED IN U.S.

NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS, 2010 AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES.

JUST A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF TOWN, ANOTHER ONE OF TAYLOR COUNTY AND CAMPBELLSVILLES GEMS IS THE BEAUTIFUL 8200 ACRE GREEN RIVER LAKE.

OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ONE OF KENTUCKY'S BEST KEPT SECRETS.

THE LAKE OFFERS SPECTACULAR SCENERY, AND UNCROWDED BOATING ALONG WITH GREAT BASS AND MUSKIE FISHING.

CAMPBELLSVILLE ALSO HOME YOU TO NEEC HAND MADE CHERRY FURNITURE.

AND ON E OF FEW PLACES IN THE COUNTRY WHERE CHURCH STEEPLES ARE MADE.

CAMPBELLSVILLE HAS PROVE ON THE BE THE LITTLE COMMUNITY THAT COULD, BY SUPPORTING ITS COLLEGE, AND PROMOTING ITSELF AS TOURIST DESTINATION.

BRING A FISHING POLE, OR PLANS FOR A HAND MADE CHERRY BEDROOM SUITE.

STAY A WHILE OR FOREVER IN THE GENTLY ROLLING HILLS OF TAYLOR COUNTY.

BACK IN THE 1920S AND 30s A SMALL EASTERN KENTUCKY TOWN HAD ITS OWN NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE, PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL AND TELEPHONE COMPANY.

THAT'S NEXT WEEK'S "OUR TOWN."

WELL, IT HAS ALWAYS SEEMED AS THOUGH THE KENTUCKY DERBY HAS BEEN THE MOST FAMOUS HORSE RACE IN THE WORLD.

BUT THERE WAS A TIME RIGHT HERE IN KENTUCKY, WHEN THREE-YEAR-OLD THOROUGHBREDS COMPETED IN A RACE DEEMED EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DERBY.

THOSE WERE THE GLORY DAYS OF LATO NIA RACE TRACK.

FOR MOST KENTUCKIANS, THOUGHTS OF HORSE RACING CEN TER ONTKEAN LAND IN THE SPRING.

OR CHURCHILL DOWNS ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.

BUT FOR AN HISTORIAN LIKE JAMES CLAYPOOL, THERE IS ANOTHER GREAT RACE TRACK TO REMEMBER.

ONE WHOSE CREATION WAS SHAPED BY THE CIVIL WAR.

>> KENTUCKY'S HORSE RACING TRADITION WAS STAGGERED BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, OVER A MILLION HORSE WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED.

AND THE NORTHERN PARTS OF KENTUCKY STOOD FIRM WITH THE UNIT, NEWPORT, COVINGTON, LOUI SVILLE, ALONG THIS RIVER LINE.

AND BECAUSE THE UNION WON, AND THERE WAS A NEW IMPETUS IN THE HISTORY OF HORSE RACING.

UP UNTIL THAT TIME CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAD BEEN THE DOMINANT FORCE IN HORSE RACING AND WITH THE FOUNDATION OF THE KEN CEN I CAN DERBY B Y COLONEL CLARK THE IDEA WAS TO MOVE THE CENTER OF GRAVITY SOMEWHA T TOWARD LOUISVILLE AND THAT'S PART OF THE RATIONALE FOR THE FOUNDING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND BY THE SAME TOKEN THAT'S SOMETHING OF THE RATIONALE FOR FOUNDING A RACE COURSE HERE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

>> THAT RACE COURSE WOULD BE THE LATONIA JOCKEY CLUB BUILT ON 109 ACRES JUST SOUTH OF COVINGTON.

LATONIA OPENED ON JUNE 8, 188 3 AS YOU LOOK AT CLAY POOL'S COLLECTION OF RACING MEMORABILIA, AND LISTEN AS HE DESCRIBES THAT FIRST OPENING DAY, YOU CAN PICTURE THE CROWD.

>> THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF IT, IT WAS VICTORIAN SPEDNEDITUDE IN ITS FAVORITE FORM.

DRESSED IN THE GARB OF THE 1880S AND TIP IGAL OF THE 1890s, WOMEN HAD BUSTLES AND BIG HATS AND THE MEN WORE STRIPED TROUSERS AND FLOWERED CRAVATA AND BOUGHTNEARS IN THEIR LAPEL.

>> OVER 8 THOUSAND PEOPL E SHOWED UP THAT DAY.

NOT REALIZING THEY WOULD WITNE SS THE RUNNING O F A RACE THAT WOULD OVERSHADOW THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

THE HINDU STAKES, NAMED FOR THE 1881 DERBY W INNER.

>> THE IDEA WAS, TO ATTRACT THE BEST HORSE ON THE KENTUCKY CIRCUIT THE TOP THREE FINISHERS OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY THAT YEAR, CAME TO RACE IN THAT RACE.

AND WINNER WAS A HORSE CALLED LEONARDIS AND THEY FINISHED EXACTLY AT LATONIA AS THEY HAD AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY, ONE, TWO, THREE, IN THAT ORDER.

>> SOME OF CLAYPOOL'S COLLECTION TAKES US BACK IN TIME TO A CULTURE W HEN MEN STROLLED ALONG THE TRACKSIDE, SMOKING CIGARS, AND WOMEN WERE ENCOURAGED TO STAY IN THEIR SEATS.

>> THIS I S A PROGRAM FROM THE SPRING MEETING OF 1887 AT OLD LATONIA AND IT IS A SILK PROGRAM.

BACK IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO THE RACES BUT NOT ALLOWED TO CO-MINGLE.

THEY USUALLY SAT IN THE GRAND STAND, AND ON OCCASION IN THE CLUBHOUSE, AND IN THE GRAND STAND THEY WERE SEC TIONED OFF BUT IN THE CLUBHOUSE, THEY COULD SIT IN AN OPEN SEATING , AND USHERS WOULD COME UP AND SHOW THIS PROGRAM TO THEM AND TAKE THEIR BET, AND MAKE IT AND BRING IT BACK.

>> THE NAME OF THE HINDU STAKES WAS CHANGED TO THE LATONIA DERBY, ATTRACTING THE GREAT THREE-YEAR-OLDS OF ITS TIME.

THE LATONIA JOCKEY CLUB BEGAN TOE CLIPS C HURCH I HAD DOWNS AS KENTUCKY'S NUMBER ONE RACE COURSE.

>> ACTUALLY, IT WAS A BETTER TRACK AND PERHAPS , THAN PERHAPS CHURCHILL DOWNS WAS.

IT WAS SLOWER THAN THE KENTUCKY DERBY BECAUSE THE TRACK HAD NOT YET SETTLED IN ULTIMATELY THOUGH, LATONIA WOULD BE A MUCH FASTER TRACK THAN CHURCHILL A ND ONE OF THE, IF NOT "THE" FASTEST TRACK IN THE NATION.

>> AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, RACE TRACKS ACROSS THE NATION WERE FIGHTING TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES, LATONIA CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION POPULAR TO THIS DAY.

>> AT THE TIME THE STANDARD BET WAS THE $5 BET.

WELL, IN HARD TIMES, $5 WAS A LOT OF MONEY.

AND ESPECIALLY A LOT O F MONEY TO THE WORKING CLASS POPULATIONS OF LOUISVILLE AND NORTHERN KENT UCKY.

AND SO, IN 1911 LATONIA INTRODUCED THE BET.

THEY BET $2 TO WIN, PLACE, AND SHOW AND THE FAMOU S ACROSS THE BOARD BET AND THAT PROVED TO BE SO POPULAR, THAT IT BECAME THE NORM.

>> LATONIA CONTINUED T O GROW IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.

OVER ONE COURSE OF 12 YEAR, IT LED ALL RACE TRACKS AND PURSES IN NINE OF THEM.

MEANWHILE, IN LOUIS VILLE, CHURCHILL DOWNS HAD FALLEN ON TOUGH TIMES.

THE KENTUCKY DERBY TWICE FAILED TO FIELD MORE THAN THREE ENTRIES.

BUT AS WE ALL KNOW THE KENTUCKY DERBY BECAME THE NUMBER ONE HORSE RACE IN AMERICA AND IT WAS YOU DON'T THE EFFORTS OF ONE MAN.

>> MATT LYNN WAS THE ULTIMATE, SHOWMAN, THE PIN ULTIMATE PROMOTER AND A MAN DRIVEN BY PASSION AND HIS PA TWO PASSIONS WERE VERY SIMPLE.

HORSE RACING AND KENTUCKY DERBY.

AND HE IS THE MAN DEDICATED HIS LIFE INTO SAVING CHURCHILL DOWNS AND MAKING THE KENTUCKY DERBY THE GRAT GREAT TWOS MINUTES IN SPORTS.

THE DILEMMA WAS, WHAT DO DO YOU WITH LATONIA?

>> IN 1919, MATT WYNN ORGANIZED A GROUP TO BUY THE LATONIA JOCKEY CLUB AND MAKE CHANGES TO THE LATONIA DERBY.

>> WHEN MATT WYNN BOUGHT THIS TRACK, HE B OUGHT A WINNER BUT ALSO A TRACK THAT WAS A RIVAL, A DEFINITE RIVAL TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY IF TERMS OF ITS LATONIA DERBY AND SEW RESOLVED HOW TO HANDLE THIS WAS, DOWN GRADE THE ROLE OF THE LATONIA DERBY AND AND REPLACE WITH IT THE FALL CHAMPION SHIP.

KEEPING THE LATONIA DERBY TO MAKE IT PROFITABLE AND BRING IN THE BIG HORSES BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, NEVER OVERRIDE THE PRE-EMINENCE OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT HE DID.

>> UNDER WNN L. ATONIA WOULD PROSPER AND ATTRACT CROWDS BUT IN 1929, THE GREAT DEPRESSION HIT AND A DECISION HAD TO BE MADE.

>> THE CROWDS BEGAN TO DWINDLE AND MATT WYNN HAD TO MAKE A DECISION.

AND THE DECISION HE MADE WAS, SUSTAIN CHURCHILL DOWNS AND SUSTAIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY.

IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS THAT AND PLAIN AS THAT.

>> IN 1939, MATT WYNN PROMOTED THE UPCOMING RACING SEASON FOR LATONIA BUT WITH NO WARNING HE CLOSED CLOSED THE COURSE.

FOR THIS GREAT HORSE TRACK, THERE WOULD BE NO FINAL CALL TO THE POST, NO FINAL WINNER'S CIRCLE.

IT WOULD DISAPPEAR INTO HISTORY.

BEN WAS A WINNER OF THE LATONIA DERBY, IN 1896 HE WAS THE FIRST HORSE TO WIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY AT ITS MODERN DISTANCE OF ONE AND A QUARTER MILES.

YOU KNOW, FASHION IS A BIG PART OF THE GLAMOR OF DERBY DAY.

THE HATS ALONE WITH WORKS OF ART, AND WHERABLE ART JUST WHAT THE MEMBERS OF THE LEXINGTON FASHION COLLABORATIVE ARE INSPIRED BY.

AT THEIR EVENS AND SHOWS THEY ARE ALWAYS PUSHING KENTUCKY'S FASHION THEME FORWARD TO GET THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES.

>> I THINK LEXINGTON FASHION CO LLABORATIVE IS A COHESIVE GROUP, LIKE-MINDED ARTISTS.

ARTISTS WHO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT OF FASHION INDUSTRY HERE IN LEXINGTON.

AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION AS A WHOLE AS WELL.

>> THE LEXINGTON COLLABORATIVE IS GROWING GROUP OF IND IVIDUALS WHO HAVE INTEREST IN FASHION.

IT MODELS THE FASHION DESIGNS, AND FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE FASHION, THEY LIKE TO WEAR THE CLOTHES OR THEY LIKE TO SEE HOW THINGS GET PUT TOG ETHER.

>> AND IT IS COHESIVE GROUP THAT STRIVES TO CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOP NOT ONLY THEIR INDIVID UAL CRAFT AND SKILLS, BUT ALSO JUST WORK AND GROW THE WHOLE COLLECTIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, MORE MEMBERS, AND PROVIDE AWARENESS TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT FASHION AND HOW IT IS NOT JUST THIS UNTOUCHABLE INDUSTRY THAT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT OR SOMETHING SUPERFICIAL.

THERE SAY LOT OF ART AND PASSION.

>> AFTER OUR FIRST SHOW, WE HAD ABOUT 300 PEOPLE COME AND I DON'T THINK EVER EXPECTED TO PULL THAT KIND OF AUDIENCE, AND IT WAS KIND OF A SIGN TO ALL OF US THAT, WOW, LEXINGTON IS IN NEED OF THIS FASHION SCENE, THAT IT IS THE ELEMENT THAT IS MISSING IN OUR ART COMMUNITY AND TOWN AND SO I THINK THAT DEFINITELY WAS OUR SIGN THAT WE NEED TO STICK AROUND AND BE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

>> BEING IN THE PUBLIC EYE HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MEMBERS OF THE COLLABORATIVE.

FASHION IS TAKING ITS PLACE IN THE CITY'S ART SCENE.

AND MORE FASHION SHOWS ARE BEING ADDED TO LEXINGTON'S NIGHT LIFE.

AND THE REACH IS MORE THAN JUST LOCAL, THEY HAVE ATTRACTED ATTENTION FROM FASHION SHOWS AND PUBLICATIONS AND CITIES SUCH AS CHICAGO, ATLANTA, AND SAVANNAH, AND SEVERAL TELEVISION FASHION REALITY SHOWS HAVE COM CALLING.

>> I WORK WITH A LOT OF VINTAGE FABRICS AND BRIGHT COLORS, AND I REALLY LIKE THE 50S AND THE 60s SILHOUETTE SOYS WORK A LOT WITH THAT AND I ALSO HAVE BEEN GETTING INTO TEXTILES A LOT MORE, AND EMBELLISHING MY CLOTHES WITH YARN AND BEADS AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT AS MUCH TIME INTO THE PIECES AS I CAN.

>> IT IS A GREAT STYLE, BUT WHAT REALLY MOTIVATED ME TO PURSUE THIS EVEN MORE WAS, USING A LOT OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING , TO SET THE SCENE AND THE MOOD AND TO REALLY EXPOSE THE PICTURE IN THE WAY THAT I WANT IT.

>> I DO LIKE GLAMOR A LOT, AND I DUAL KIND OF CLOTHING AND READY TO WEAR ON A DAILY BASIS.

BUT WHR A ENJOY THE MOST -- WHAT I ENJOY THE MOST IS THE GONES, TH AT DEFINITELY FOR ME IS VERY SATISFYING AS A DESIGNER.

TO DO THE BIG GOWNS WITH EMBELLISHMENT AND HAND WORK.

IT IS MORE INTO THE COUTURE SIDE.

WE'RE HERE GETTING MAKEUP READY TO GO TO DO A PHO TO SHOOT.

ALSO COLLABORATING WITH ALL OF THE ART iS AND THIS IS ALSO BY THE KENTUCKY FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN, I GOT A GRANT AND MY IDEA WITH THIS COLLECTION IS TO USE LIKE A SHOW AND TELL, A LOT OF THE FAIR TRADE AND IN HONDURAS I WORKED IN TRADE SHOPS SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE IN DUSTRY.

>> OKAY.

SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON TODAY IS SPRING SUMMER LOOK.

WE ARE DOING BRIGHT LOOKS, BRIGHT SHIMMERING EYES AND REALLY DEWEY SKIN TONE.

TODAY I'M GOING TO BE MODELING A DRESS WITH SERATA.

I STARTED OFF WITH PAGENTS FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THEN ALL OF LIKE KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AND I STARTED DOING MODELING AFTER PAGENTS BECAUSE I WON AN AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING MODEL.

AND I GOT A MODELING SCHOLARSHIP, SO IT ALL STARTED THERE.

>> ORIGINALLY I WANTED TO DO MAKEUP AND HAIR FOR T.V.

AND MOVIES AND FASHION NO REAL PAR TICULAR REASON EXCEPT I LOVE LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHY, AND JUST BEING PART OF THAT KIND OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.

>> I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I WAS LITTLE.

MY MOM BECAUSE MAKEUP ARTIST.

SO KIND OF WEAVED OVER INTO MY LIFE AND SHE USED TO DO PAGENTRY AND I WENT AWAY FROM THAT AND I ENJOY MORE OF THE FASHION SIDE OF IT BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND IS IN FASHION.

I MOVED FROM FLORIDA FIVE YEARS AGO AND FINDING THE CAN LEXINGTON COLLABORATIVE IS GREAT BECAUSE IT IS A TIGHT KNIT GROUP AND EVERYBODY WORKS GOING THAT COLLABORATION YOU CAN'T FIND ANY WHERE IN FLORIDA, IT WAS VERY SORT OFFEND FOR YOURSELF TYPE ATTITUDE.

AND I LIVED IN ITALY FOR A FEW YEARS, AND IT WAS THE SAME THING.

SO , TO COME HERE EXPWERVE SO WELCOMING AND KIND AND WANT TO WORK TOGETHER, IT IS PRETTY AMAZING, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERYWHERE.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY I WAS IN THE SUP SUPER MODEL IN THE 2007 MAGAZINE AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MODELS AND THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT ALL STARTED IN LEXINGTON.

EXPWROOSH TO BE ABLE TO DO FASHION IN LEXINGTON , HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT BECAUSE, I DON'T HAVE TO SETTLE BECAUSE, I LIKE ART AND DOING OTHER THINGS BUT I REALLY LOVE FASHION.

SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO JUST GET TO GROW AND HAVE THESE GREAT MENTORS AROUND ME.

>> WHEN WE HAVE AN EVEN THAT PEOPLE COME TO SEE, WHAT WE DO, THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT AND IT JOIN THE GROUP AND ASK QUESTIONS, HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED AND WHAT THEY CAN DO.

SO IT IS VERY EXCITING THAT THIS GROUP IS DEFINIT ELY HERE TO STAY BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE PEOPLE COMING TO PARTICIPATE AND LEARN AND DEVELOP THE CRAFT.

>> I THINK THE LEXINGTON MARKET IS THE GREAT MARKET FOR PEOPLE FOR ARTISTS, WHETHER YOU'RE A PHOTOGRAPHER, A DESIGN, TO START SOMETHING AND MAKE WAVES BECAUSE IT IS NOT TOO BIG, AND IT IS NOT TOO SMALL.

LEXINGTON IS ACTUA LLY A GREAT TOWN THAT SERVES AS A GREAT CATALYST FOR WORKING AND HONING YOUR SKILLS SKILLS AND REFINING YOUR CRAFT.

DEMOGRAPHICS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE HERE IN KENTUCKY.

PEOPLE APPRECIATE ART, YOU KNOW, WILL APPRECIATE ART ANYWHERE REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE.

>> FASHION HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DERBY EXPERI ENCE.

EVEN AT ITS BEGINNING IN THE 1800S, WOMEN WORE THE VERY LATEST IN FASHION.

THEIR BRIGHTLY COLORED SIMMING DRESSES COVERED THEIR ANKLES, AND HATS, GLOVES AND PARASOLS WERE THE CORRECT ACCESSORY.

WELL NO PARASOL FOR ME BUT BEING AT THE DERBY FOR THE GREATEST TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS WAS A REAL THRILL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON