Fashion show brings art of all kinds on stage

Creativity was abundant at last night’s annual Art 2 Wear fashion show, held in Reynold’s Coliseum.

Art 2 Wear held each spring semester, showcases student designers displaying original collections that follow a common theme.

The event, as is customary, began with a pre-show featuring design students. The College of Design First Year Experience students displayed one of the projects they completed, as did the Fashion Product Design, FTM 315 in the College of Textiles, and Draping 311 classes.

For the last part of the pre-show, students in the Prague Institute’s Fashion and Costume Design Studio featured their work. Students participating in the studio at N.C. State displayed their pieces onstage. Students currently enrolled in the same studio in Prague were represented through photos so the crowd was able to enjoy their work as well.

 

This year, there were a wide variety of themes displayed in the collections. Student designers were inspired by everything from Alfred Hitchcock’s famous films, to famous works of art, to the human body and even balloons. 

Larissa Baransky, senior in design, based her collection in the show off her last relationship. Called LOVESICK, her pieces took the audience through the emotional stages of a relationship.

“It’s an exorcism of emotion from my last relationship,” Baransky said.

Showing emotions through clothing was a challenge, according to Baransky. She decided to take an alternative approach to the idea. The emotion of obsession consisted of a straight jacket with a seemingly endless train.

“The idea is an endless train of thoughts, good and bad,” Baransky said.

Naing with unorthodox materials to demonstrate her vision.

“I like to try to manipulate the material to enhance their inherent characteristics and qualities,” Morrison said.

In addition to all the unorthodox materials used in some of the collections, a few designers chose to stick to a basic staple for the show: cotton. Designs in the show that consisted of between 60 and 100 percent cotton were submitted to the Cotton Initiative, which gives them the chance to win prizes if the designs are accepted.

Part of the fun in Art 2 Wear, according to graduate student in toxicology Jeremy Leonard, is coming out to support friends. Leonard had several friends in the show this year and came out to watch for the first time because of it.