The fashion designer and former “Project Runway” contestant Arthur “Afa” Ah Loo’s final collection was showcased Friday in a runway show in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The 39-year-old was shot and killed during a “No Kings” march and demonstration there on June 14, as reported. The investigation into his death is in screening, according to Keith Chalmers, communications manager for Salt Lake County’s district attorney.

Two designers Janae Pettit and Natalie Workman, who shared a studio with Ah Loo, created his final designs after finding his sketches following his death. Friday’s show at the Natural History Museum of Salt Lake City was organized by the Creative Pacific Foundation, the nonprofit that he founded with Benjamin Powell. The event featured an assortment of designs by AAPI creatives, including some from Ah Loo, who was born in Samoa. Coincidentally, Friday’s runway show was held three years after he and Powell first held a Creative Pacific fashion show.

There were 425 seated guests at the runway show, which like the rest of the plans for the event had been “set in stone” with Ah Loo, Powell said. In years past, the pair produced the show with the designer handling the backstage scene and Powell emceeing. Thousands knew Ah Loo for being a contestant on season 17 of Bravo’s “Project Runway.” After being ousted for a creation that combined a hammock with a map that didn’t pass muster with judges like Christian Siriano and Nina Garcia, Ah Loo returned to Salt Lake City to run his namesake business.

“Was it emotional? Yes, I had my moments, but I had to push through. There were 425 people to tend to, designers to take care of and contracts to figure out, and vendors to deal with,” Powell said. “There were swag bags to tend to and a VIP hour from 7 to 8 [p.m. MST]. I had to check-in with the hair and makeup people to make sure they were good, and all of the other people behind-the-scenes.”

Although Ah Loo’s last collection will not be sold commercially, it will be shown during Fiji Fashion Week next month, as he and Powell had planned. That event is where Ah Loo first debuted his brand, according to Powell, who is from Fiji. That occasion will also serve as the next tribute to Ah Loo, who has been remembered posthumously. “There have been so many tributes for Afa here in Salt Lake City. We have a huge Pacific Island population. There were also events and festivals for the Pacific Island community that held vigils or moments of silence for Afa,” Powell said.

Rather than focus on the nature of his death or that it had occurred at a “No Kings” march, Powell said he focused on the designer’s legacy and the celebration of the fashion show. He said he emphasized Ah Loo’s creativity, his collection and the impact that he had on others. “He was so kind and so giving. That was really the message from everyone, who was there that night — those he had sewn for, worked with and had done workshops with,” Powell said.

The designer’s young daughter, Vera, opened the show, as the first model to hit the runway. “Vera is her dad all over. She dances. She is very open with a really great spirit. She was really excited,” Powell said. “I think she was very aware that that was the night for her dad’s tribute. You could see it in her eyes and on her face.”

After Ah Loo’s final designs were modeled, Vera returned to the runway with her mother and brother Isaac to close out the collection, as a video of the late designer played on a wall as a backdrop. That clip from last year’s show was taken as his children ran toward him on the runway.

Powell said he told the crowd about how he and Ah Loo came to the U.S. as illiterate immigrants, landed their professional positions and how they started Creative Pacific to service the AAPI community and for those “who don’t see themselves in what we both do.” He also spoke of Ah Loo’s trajectory as a designer. Noting how Ah Loo’s final looks were made by two American designers, who had no Pacific Island heritage, Powell said, “The beauty of that was that Ah Loo was very culturally tied to his designs.”