Kentucky Derby celebrated by rising-star designer with glittering fashion on 'Runway for the Roses'

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Fashion designer Mel Stern of Massachusetts has stitched together a glittering niche at the glamorous nexus of sports and pop culture. 

She counts Brittany Mahomes, wife of NFL star Patrick Mahomes, and TV personality Countess Luann from "The Real Housewives of New York" among the fans of her fashion line, Mel the Clothing.

Country star Jelly Roll and NHL hotshot David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins have both been spotted celebrating Stern's fashions.

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Her style trots across the "Runway for the Roses" on Saturday in Boston. It’s a celebration of the Kentucky Derby while also raising money for local charity. 

"I was always the person that showed up at a party wearing something eccentric or something that I created," Stern told Fox News Digital.

Countess Luann of "The Real Housewives of New York" wears a design from Mel the Clothing of Massachusetts. (Courtesy Mel Stern/Mel the Clothing)

Her inspirations? 

"I love sparkles and glitter and sports," said Stern.

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She was working as a fashion copywriter, stitching together dreams in her spare time, when she arrived at the Nantucket Wine Fest, a swanky festival on the Massachusetts resort island.

"My friends said, ‘Come on, already. This is your passion. You have to do this!" 

"I wore a sparkly champagne bottle design and like a zillion women came up and asked, ‘Where did you buy that?’" said Stern.

"My friends said, ‘Come on, already. This is your passion. You have to do this!" 

The breakout moment for Mel the