Nyaka ngamnye, i Yila i-STL abahleli bakhetha umntu wasekuhlaleni okanye isibini esinokuhlonipha kunye ne Imbasa yoMbono . Lo mntu uqatshelwa ngegalelo lakhe elikhethekileyo kuluntu loyilo, kwaye, ngemigudu kunye nezenzo zabo, banceda ukwenza iSt. Louis yeyona ndawo inomdla kwaye inika umdla yokuhlala.
Kulo nyaka, siyavuya ukunika imbasa uSusan Sherman. USusan waziwa kwaye uyahlonitshwa ngomsebenzi wakhe ongadinwayo egameni lemibutho ayilwelayo, kodwa akukho namnye onxulumana ngokusondeleyo naye ngaphezu I-SaintLouis Fash ion Fund , awathi wayiseka kunye. Phantsi kobunkokeli kunye nesikhokelo sikaSusan, iNgxowa-mali yeFashion ikhulise abayili abasakhasayo, yakhuthaza imfundo yefashoni, kwaye yanceda ukuvuselela iSt. Louis yesithili sempahla yembali, izisa ingqwalasela yelizwe kunye nemisebenzi kwisixeko sethu. I-FashionIncubator yeNgxowa-mali yatsala italente yoyilo ethembisayo kwaye yanceda ukuququzelela ukunyuka kweSt. Louis njengokhetho olunomtsalane nolusebenzayo kwiinkampani zefashoni kunye nabavelisi ukuba benze ishishini. Omnye weyona mizekelo iphumeleleyo yalo mzamo ngu Evolution St. Louis , Inkampani yeempahla ezinithiweyo ezizizigidi ezi-5 zeedola evule indawo yayo yokuqala eSt. Louis.
USusan ukwangumseki we MERCH , encinane yaseSt. Ishishini laseLouis elidibanisa iimveliso zefashoni ezidumileyo kunye neSt. Louis kwiivenkile ezizivelelayo kwiimveliso ezifana neProenza Schuler, uJeffrey Levinson, uMansur Gavriel, iMoss Antiques, nokunye.
Abaphumelele iMbasa yoMbono wangaphambili baquka uEsley Hamilton, uAlise O’Brien, kunye noCarol noPat Schuchard.