Green Is The New Black: WKU's Earth Day Fashion Show

Forgive the small little hiatus this past week; technical difficulties have been keeping us from moving right along, but we're back with a post on Western Kentucky University's Earth Day Sustainable Fashion Show. Yesterday, 28 students in the Design, Merchandising, and Textiles classes produced garments constructed purely from recycled clothes as well as recyclable materials. The designs produced possess great ingenuity and the inspiration within them gave glimpses of the styles of the mod A-line dress of the British 1960s, Valentino's affinity between drama and high glamour, Dior's timeless elegance, and Balenciaga's sophistication. Also, corseted dresses were definitely the defining trend amond the garments, most likely due to the firm and unyielding nature of corrugated materials such as cardboard, maps, and hardened paper. The designs, although constructed in amounts of time ranging from three hours to an entire week, all managed to display mostly the same level of difficulty, ingenuity, and avant-garde. Students from the visual merchandising and promotions class also succeeded in producing mannequins wearing newspaper and recycled textile skirts with bouquets of twisted wire hangers and punctured soda cans to produce an arrangement that paid homage to the earthy theme as well as the fashion simultaneously. The winner for her design was student Maggie Burrell.

Western Kentucky University's BSA Presents: Rip Da Runway '10

Western Kentucky University's Black Student Alliance is presenting its annual Black fashion show inspired by the BET fashion show of the same name. The fashion show is a creative production that showcases Black male and female models selected directly from the WKU student population modeling the latest in fashions to contemporary music. In previous fashion shows, students have also constructed garments to be worn by the models. BSA sets the bar for community involvement among Black students with its monthly forums that open discussions about critical topics to Black students on campus, its annual "Night at the Apollo" that showcases individual Black student talent, and involvement in social causes on campus centered around minorities. Rip Da Runway is the BSA's most awaited event and weeks of finessing and practice are taken by the directors, the models, the set constructors, and also the publicity committee. Fashion Inc. is proud to support the Black Student Alliance in its mission to provide Black students with an affair that promotes expression and enables students to show off their individual talents. Rip Da Runway is Thursday, April 15 in the Garrett Ballroom.

We're Back...

And we're more ready than ever to tell you who we are, and show you who you want to be. Although Fashion Inc. had taken an extended vacation from blogging, we certainly weren't taking a vacation from style. For those of who have visited the page before, and for those of you who haven't we've evolved the look of our blog to signal we've evolved our organization itself. We'll be sure to give you injections about fashion inspiration ideas, the hottest trends, up-and-coming fashion personalities, collection reviews, blog reviews, Polyvore fashion set showcases, and style tips to increase your glam factor. So, to celebrate Fashion Inc. Style Society's reawakening and reentry into the world, we've decided to hit you with a barrage of posts that are sure to hit your style sweet spots. It's go hard or go home and Fashion Inc.'s doing it big this time. Enjoy...

Garden of Garments Fashion Show Spring 2009

Here is a link to a movie created by one of our directors, Dr. Devona Dixon, displaying the events of Fashion Inc.'s Spring 2009 fashion show, Garden of Garments. Enjoy!

Garden of Garments Fashion Show Apr 25 09

Check Out Our Group on Polyvore!

Fashion Inc. now has a group on Polyvore called Fashion Inc. Style Society. Fashion Inc. members and those who follow our blog can now create fashion and artistic sets using real designer items in a personalized group. Polyvore is an online creative community of fashion professionals and enthusiasts. If your set recieves a lot of attention or wins one of our group contests, you could gain international acclaim! So if you've got a passion for fashion or an addiction to a life a material, or if you just want to show your swagger, then head to Polyvore.com, sign up, and start posting your creations today. You could be the next big thing! Below are some sets already posted by a member of Fashion Inc. Style Society.

Dark Prince by prettyboypaul featuring Nixon watches

Golden Girl by prettyboypaul featuring J Brand jeans

Pharrell Williams by prettyboypaul featuring American Eagle Outfitters

Queen of the Roses by prettyboypaul featuring Carvela shoes

Jaureal by prettyboypaul featuring g

Miss Coco by prettyboypaul featuring Catherine Malandrino dresses

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for Western Kentucky University's premier organization Fashion Inc. dedicated to the pursuit and promotion of all things related to the textile and fashion industries. Here you'll find posts on all of the interesting and noteworthy activities of Fashion Inc. as well as interesting topics such as Trend Report Tuesdays, That's Hot Thursdays, and Jet Set Saturdays. Fashion Inc. is focused on bringing the most important and current fashion news to all of the people on Western Kentucky University's campus as well as the community of fashion followers at large. Expect interesting, hot, and current news from this blog about every genre of fashion. So hold on to your Dolce and Gabbana lace-ups and your Jimmy Choo stilettos because it's going to be a wild ride. So follow the group that's all that and a Prada bag of chips. So don't get mad, get in.