Model Pays Tribute To Late NJ Designer With Open Casket Catwalk (Video)

A model decided to give a deceased fashion designer the sendoff of a lifetime at his New Jersey funeral — right up to his open casket (scroll for video).

Erica Carrington gave Vernest Moore the sendoff of a lifetime.
Photo Credit: *LaTanya Green-Chan (with permission)*

Sam Barron

11/15/2023 2:13 p.m.

Erica Carrington says it's what Vernest Moore would've wanted.

In true fashion model form, Carrington strutted her stuff at the red carpet viewing of 62-year-old Moore at his funeral, held Thursday, Nov. 9 at the Newark Museum of Art.

Once Carrington reached Moore's casket, she blew him a kiss.

"I was hyperventilating almost up until the very moment I hit the runway," Carrington wrote on Instagram.

"I can't believe this would be my final work for you. From now on, even if I'm not walking for you, I'll be walking with you because I know you'll always be with me."

Her video had more than 12.2K likes on Instagram as of Wednesday, Nov. 15.

Moore died last month at the age of 62.

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