Green: any season's hot color
Environmental Alliance fashion show a success
Maria Murdock
Issue date: 11/4/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Thursday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m., the Environmental Alliance put on its first "Go Green! Fashion Show" with senior announcers club president Sarah Kisner and club treasurer Lizzie Griffin. Using the wooden coffee tables in Haggar foyer to construct a makeshift, yet sturdy, catwalk, six models: Caitlin Sweet, Besty Purk, Mary Boyum, Mary Bloch, Shelby Smith and Sandra Ramirez, sported thrift store findings in less than 30 minutes.
"We had to change ridiculously fast," said Mary Boyum, "It was stressful." However, their efforts were not in vain. The fashion show was a success, raising $200 for the Environmental Alliance in later auctioned-off outfits. "I really didn't think we'd make this much, did you?" said Nina Dipietro, my fellow behind-the-scenes fashion show coordinator.
A surprising amount of people (some of them even male) came to watch these thrift store garments re-glorified to later be worn by winning bidders. The entire premise of the fashion show was to promote people to reconsider the thrift store and to remember the benefits of reusing things. Although second-hand, the selection of clothing was anything but shabby - and everything but expensive. Brands ranging from BCBG, Kenneth Cole, Banana Republic, to Ralph Lauren all began at a surprisingly cheap rate of five dollars. "Where do you find things like this?" student Dani Schumer exclaimed when looking at the selections. "My thrifting endeavors are never this successful," stated model Shelby Smith.
The fashion show was shortly followed by a Halloween costume contest, in which the participants had to either make the outfits from scratch or buy from a thrift store. The winner, model Caitlin Sweet, won a $25 gift certificate to the Cap Bar, clad in a strange fluffy monster costume, made from garbage bags. The silent auction lasted until midnight, the most expensive bid of $22 was on the popular BCBG dress, won by the student who modeled it, Sandra Ramirez, who exclaimed, "I just had to have that dress!"
"We had to change ridiculously fast," said Mary Boyum, "It was stressful." However, their efforts were not in vain. The fashion show was a success, raising $200 for the Environmental Alliance in later auctioned-off outfits. "I really didn't think we'd make this much, did you?" said Nina Dipietro, my fellow behind-the-scenes fashion show coordinator.
A surprising amount of people (some of them even male) came to watch these thrift store garments re-glorified to later be worn by winning bidders. The entire premise of the fashion show was to promote people to reconsider the thrift store and to remember the benefits of reusing things. Although second-hand, the selection of clothing was anything but shabby - and everything but expensive. Brands ranging from BCBG, Kenneth Cole, Banana Republic, to Ralph Lauren all began at a surprisingly cheap rate of five dollars. "Where do you find things like this?" student Dani Schumer exclaimed when looking at the selections. "My thrifting endeavors are never this successful," stated model Shelby Smith.
The fashion show was shortly followed by a Halloween costume contest, in which the participants had to either make the outfits from scratch or buy from a thrift store. The winner, model Caitlin Sweet, won a $25 gift certificate to the Cap Bar, clad in a strange fluffy monster costume, made from garbage bags. The silent auction lasted until midnight, the most expensive bid of $22 was on the popular BCBG dress, won by the student who modeled it, Sandra Ramirez, who exclaimed, "I just had to have that dress!"
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