The New Face of Fashion
“Spectrums” will portray emotions through color in a fashion show presented by the Utah State University Fashion Association Friday at 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the Sunburst Lounge.
There will be 10 sets in the fashion show with 10 outfits in each set. The sets are titled confident, mysterious, furious, passionate, ambiguous, depressed, energetic, shocking, innocent and patriotic, said Lindsay Ward, fashion show coordinator.
“Our first idea was color,” Ward said. “But 10 red outfits might get kind of boring, so we wanted a new idea. We decided to combine the two elements – color and emotion- to give us a little more to work with.”
The 12:30 p.m. show is free to the public, and the 7:30 p.m. show costs $3. The shows are identical, and the charge for the evening show goes to pay the performance cost, which is between $2,500 and $3,000, Ward said.
“The evening show is always a little nicer,” she said. “It’s more dressy and has seating.”
The annual show will feature outfits designed mostly by students with the rest being provided by retailers.
“This year we have the most designers we’ve ever had,” Ward said. “Any of the girls in the Fashion Association that would like to design are given that preference.”
This year’s nine designers are free to choose the textiles and the design, Ward said .
“They pick the emotion they’d like to go with and design around that,” she said.
The furious, depressed and energetic sets will feature clothing provided entirely by retailers. The clothing committee chooses these outfits.
The models are chosen from tryouts held on campus each February. This year the association has picked about 60 models, Ward said. Some of the models are USU students, some are from the community and some are kids, usually siblings of those in the association, she said.
The Fashion Association has about 50 members, mostly from the apparel and textiles major. In the fall, the association divides into six committees of six to 10 members each for the fashion show: public relations, design, music and sound, set design, models and clothing, Ward said.
The association held bake sales, made and sold scarves and did various service projects fall semester to earn money for the show, she said.
In addition to the fashion show, the association members research job opportunities and arrange for speakers from the workforce.
“We let the people in the club know what types of jobs they can get and what they’d like to do when they get out into the workforce,” Ward said. “We want them to find good jobs.”
Members of the association voted on the theme, “Spectrums” early in the school year so designers would have time to prepare, Ward said.
Kristen Ray and Robyn Bywater take Theresa Linneman´s Innocence collection to the runway in the annual fashion show. (Zak Larsen )
(Zak Larsen )
Charisse Dyreng and Robby Sproul sidplay patriotic body wraps included in Jeanine Owen and Melissa Lonhurst´s Patriotics collection. (Zak Larsen )
Model (Zak Larsen )