Sittin' pretty

The second-year Interior Design students wrapped up a big project this week -- the chairs that will be featured in the annual Spring Fashion Show later this year.

The Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising students are collaborating for the second year in a row for a special feature during the show. Fashion students will design garments that coordinate with the Interior Design chairs. The second-year Interior Design students presented their chairs to a panel of students and administrators.

The students were given themes, such as travel, art, music and people. From those themes, students had to find a more specific inspiration.

Here are a couple of the finished chairs:



To see more pictures of the chairs and presentations, click here.

EVIT spring fashion show a success

The EVIT fashion students put on two amazing Spring Fashion Shows last night.

One especially fun part was right at the beginning of the show. Fashion students teamed up with the interior design class to create matching outfits and chairs. The interior design students decorated the chairs in whatever style they were given (country, rock, 1920s, etc), and the fashion students created a garment that coordinated.

Then the students, models and designers all came out on the runway with the chairs and matching outfits. It was really something to see! Here is one of the country-themed chairs:


And matching model:


The rest of the show was just as great, filled with beautifully designed clothing from the first and second-year fashion students.


The multimedia students took lots of amazing photos, too, which I will post next week. Here is one of those students, hard at work at the show:

Get ready for the 5th Annual Spring Fashion Show

Are you ready for some fashion?

The fashion merchandising classes are putting on their annual Spring Fashion Show next week. This year's theme: Musical Masquerade. Students can see the show during class time on Tuesday, April 13. Student tickets for that show are $2, and all proceeds go to the Mesa United Way.

Additional shows for the general public will be held at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 15. Tickets for those shows are $5 for general seating, $10 for premier seating and $20 for VIP.

To purchase tickets, call fashion merchandising teacher Kristen Johnson at (480) 461-4141.

The shows promise to be amazing. The students have been working hard on their designs since the end of January. First-year students have each designed three garments: two for the runway and one for themselves. Second-year students have each designed seven garments: five for a collection, one for the runway and one naturally dyed garment.

Here are a few photos from last year's show:


See more pictures from last year's show here.