I get to show in New York City!!!
As a booster for our program, we were graciously gifted a 4 year grant to produce a show in New York City for each year's senior class, starting with the class of 2008 (that's me!!). Announced in the fall semester, we were told that the 30 students in our class would be competing for 1 of 15 spots (the department's goal is to take about half of each year's seniors) to display our senior collection in the city to alumni, press, and designers. That means for a lucky group of us, we'll be able to show our work twice, meaning more exposure to possible employers.
Three weeks into this semester, we presented our first outfit to a panel of 8 judges comprised of SU faculty, a local boutique buyer, and professors from another art institute. After our initial presentation, we put our outfits on display again at the annual Crouse Auxillary Fashion Show. The decision came 2 days later, and there my name was amongst 14 other students!
Our first meeting discussed the logistics of the show, and what possibly will be happening. We discovered the show will be held on the 60th floor of the JP Morgan Chase Building, at 8PM on Tuesday, May 13th. As of right now, the show will be styled by professional fashion stylist Brandon Cannon. With his help, we are hoping to get models from Elite Management Models, and make-up done by M.A.C. Cosmetics. The guest list is said to be very long, including VPA alumni (we are hoping to get Betsy Johnson and Vanessa Williams to attend), and all major fashion designers. If the department can pull this off, then our next hope is that the major fashion publications (Vogue, Elle, W, Harper's, etc,) will come out to cover our event.
Our next meeting is coming up soon, so here's to hoping that everything works out!
Cross your fingers for me!
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