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The Daily OrangeFashion's Conscience SU's first campus fashion organization to put together a fashion week
By Yannique Benitez
Posted: 10/22/09, 2:25 AM EST Section: Feature
The atrium of Schine Student Center will become a runway for Fashion's Conscience "Switch it Up" fashion show tonight, as student models strutting their stuff while donning the latest in fall trends.
Fashion's Conscience brought the first-ever fall fashion week to the Syracuse University campus this week with events that began with a surprise fashion show on the Quad Monday.
"The club always wanted to do (a fashion week) but never had the money ... but this year we have talented people who were brainstorming and decided to do it," Boothe said.
Other events included a discussion on conformity Tuesday with guest speaker Jeffrey Mayer, a fashion and design professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Wednesday, the club sponsored an after-hours shopping event at Some Girls Boutique on Marshall Street, which gave discounts to the first 30 shoppers.
Tonight's fashion show includes modeling and designs from students like Jake Couri, Tsu Yi Liew and Amanda Williams, in addition to vintage designs from consignment stores in the SU area such as Fashion Exchange and Cluttered Closet.
"It's gonna be amazing lighting," Boothe said.
Seats for audience members will surround the Schine's spiral staircase, where the models will appear.
Following the presentation, club members will answer questions about the club's application process.
SU alumna Thea Montanez created Fashion's Conscience as a response to the marginalization of minorities in the fashion industry. The goal of Fashion's Conscience is to ethnically diversify the fashion industry. The group is not confined to the SU campus, and its members are working on increasing the club's community involvements. Members are planning an after-school program with the help of the South Side Initiative office that will start next year.
The program will target disadvantaged Syracuse high school students interested in entering the fashion industry. Members of Fashion's Conscience will help mentor selected students and encourage their efforts in design, fashion and retail.
Fashion's Conscience brought the first-ever fall fashion week to the Syracuse University campus this week with events that began with a surprise fashion show on the Quad Monday.
"The club always wanted to do (a fashion week) but never had the money ... but this year we have talented people who were brainstorming and decided to do it," Boothe said.
Other events included a discussion on conformity Tuesday with guest speaker Jeffrey Mayer, a fashion and design professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Wednesday, the club sponsored an after-hours shopping event at Some Girls Boutique on Marshall Street, which gave discounts to the first 30 shoppers.
Tonight's fashion show includes modeling and designs from students like Jake Couri, Tsu Yi Liew and Amanda Williams, in addition to vintage designs from consignment stores in the SU area such as Fashion Exchange and Cluttered Closet.
"It's gonna be amazing lighting," Boothe said.
Seats for audience members will surround the Schine's spiral staircase, where the models will appear.
Following the presentation, club members will answer questions about the club's application process.
SU alumna Thea Montanez created Fashion's Conscience as a response to the marginalization of minorities in the fashion industry. The goal of Fashion's Conscience is to ethnically diversify the fashion industry. The group is not confined to the SU campus, and its members are working on increasing the club's community involvements. Members are planning an after-school program with the help of the South Side Initiative office that will start next year.
The program will target disadvantaged Syracuse high school students interested in entering the fashion industry. Members of Fashion's Conscience will help mentor selected students and encourage their efforts in design, fashion and retail.
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SocialStylist
posted 10/22/09 @ 12:07 PM EST
Ethnic diversity is where the growth in fashion is right now, without it the fashion industry will just continue to regurgitate old trends.
Tiffany
posted 11/20/09 @ 6:52 PM EST
This was lots of fun and entertaining. I hope this becomes an annual event.
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