Fashion shows usually ask you to watch, but this one asks you to notice. At Skatebird Miami, the room filled with movement, sound, and a sense that something slightly off-script was about to happen. Highest on the Runway staged its latest show during Terp Basel Miami on December 6, 2025. Cristina Plinio, aka CRISP, is the founder of the show and leads the project. She’s been building since 2021. 

The audience didn’t need a manifesto to understand the show. The cues were physical, immediate, and shared. The night unfolded as a recap of how fashion, performance, and cannabis culture are starting to overlap in public, intentional ways.

Over six shows, the concept has remained consistent, and the execution has grown more confident. This season, models broke traditional barriers, consuming cannabis in untraditional forms as they moved down the runway, blending fashion with ritual and rewriting the rules in real time.

When Fashion Leaves the Box

Runway culture tends to rely on polish and distance. This show leaned into closeness. The theme, Alternative Reality, framed the night as a disruption of expectations. The opening sequence set the tone with No Box Movement, choreographed by Janine Micheletti, featuring designs by No Feelings. The performance unfolded in a fluid, psychedelic-inspired style, setting the atmosphere and easing the audience into the world of the show before the runway began.

From there, a live humanoid robot opened the runway, introducing a note of surrealism that carried through the rest of the show. Models followed wearing designs by Indie Identity, Vlackbook, Arish Atelier, The Room Concept Store, Nadir Saeed Art, and Milf’s Rack. Cannabis consumption happened in full view, treated as a living gesture. The result felt otherworldly.

Reframing Stoner Culture

Cannabis culture often gets flattened into shorthand. Highest on the Runway has spent years pushing against that compression by placing it inside luxury, design-forward spaces. The Miami show continued that work by refusing irony. There was no wink, no apology, and no attempt to explain itself mid-walk.

What emerged instead was a reframing. Cannabis sat alongside tailoring, styling, and movement without needing justification. The audience was invited to read it the same way they do fabric and silhouette. That change allows cannabis culture to be seen through taste and intention. “It’s important to me that all of my guests feel the energy that is poured into the show, even from their seats. The experiential innovation and the way we break rules, it all play a part in the vision I want to create for them,” says CRISP. 

Community Behind the Scenes

The show’s cohesion came from a deep bench of collaborators. Direction was led by CRISP, with music by Xevios and production management by Jacinta Schwartz. Hair was handled by Silvana Avignoni, assisted by Lacee Hallet, Styles by Shayda, and Jean Pierre. Brazil Raine and Michelle Venta led makeup, while Havanna Othon oversaw wardrobe, with support from Victoria Arenas, Mia Melo, Aimee Prada, and Nicole Perez. Black Market Beverages sponsored the show and highlighted each designer following the closing. 

What Comes Next

After Miami, attention turns North. Anticipation is already building for the next Highest on the Runway show in New York City in April 2026. This will be their first NYC show to date, and will set the precedent for future collaborations with Terp Basel. 

“We are so excited to bring the show to NYC, it's honestly about time,” CRISP says. 

The project continues to open space for partnerships across fashion, music, and cannabis, offering brands a platform that values the passion and creativity ignited by the community.