The District on Wednesday rolled out a major public art exhibition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center that D.C. leaders say will spur interest in the city’s burgeoning fashion industry. The exhibit includes six windows along M Street that display original clothing works representing six District neighborhoods. The works include a dress created with chinaware to represent Chinatown, garments made with paper shopping bags from Georgetown boutiques and tissue paper representing that neighborhood, and a piano-inspired dress created with wooden slats and glass mosaic tiles to represent Shaw and U Street. — Alan Blinder
