Check out the gallery of the 13 Best Fashion Stories of the Year with photos or scan the print version below by clicking the page.

This will be the city’s 250th birthday celebration but 2013 was a year worth celebrating, savoring and occasionally bemoaning. We saw the rise of a new international model with local roots, the closure of an iconic 90-year-old store front, an unexpected St. Louis fashion who’s who parade on reality television and a really unexpected clash of fashion weeks (that’s right St. Louis has two fashion weeks).

Hands down, this has been the most interesting fashion year since the city’s historic Garment District heyday.

At right: An image of the Pam Hogg dress at the “A Queen Within” exhibit currently taking place in St. Louis including a plethora of Alexander McQueen gowns and gorgeous items from design artists around the globe.