In front of street signs, police tape and other symbols of urban culture, models strutted their stuff to show off street-inspired fashions.

Street Knowledge Designs hosted the “Let’s Get Dressed” fashion show in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium Friday night.

Eight other designers had creations on display as well.

Before the show, SK held a preview event to show off all the designer’s fashion lines and prepare for the real thing.

Andrew Bonsu, a senior communication major and NS*Radio employee, said they sold nearly 600 tickets.

Kyle McGhee, owner and operator of SK Designs and also an NS*Radio employee, was responsible for bringing everyone together to “get dressed.”

“I’m doing this show just to prove there are creative minds in DeKalb and to show inspiration,” McGhee said.

Last summer, McGhee said many of the designers started getting together with the idea of putting on a show. They have been planning “Let’s Get Dressed” for about a year.

SK sells its threads on the south side of Chicago.

“Because we’re independent, we pretty much sell wherever we can,” he said.

McGhee had about 40 of his own pieces on display in the show. He said he gets inspiration from the street, school and his community and he likes to do things outside the norm.

Sheetal Patel, a senior fashion and design major, was both a model and designer for the show. She had four pieces in the show and said she gets inspiration from everywhere.

“Everything I do incorporates sexiness,” Patel said. “Sex sells.”

Bonsu was the show’s deejay and said he chose music with a modeling beat — sexy and classy.

“We got a lot of feel good and summertime tunes,” McGhee said.

Songs from artists such as Kanye West, Keisha Cole and Twista played in the background as the models walked the runway. There also were live performances by Ben City, Feva and Squad Deep.

Greg Henderson, a senior electrical engineering major, was one of the audiovisual workers for the show. He said even though SK does street and urban wear, it’s done with positive images.

“Kyle’s got a special mind there,” Henderson said. “He’s expressing some really positive messages.”

Chloe Johnson, a freshman finance major, said she came to the show because her boyfriend was in it.

“I saw their show at Java 101,” Johnson said. “I bought one of their t-shirts that says ‘SK’ on it.”