By Adeshola Adigun “Style is definitely in the genes, and I don’t mean Levi’s.” — Andre Leon Talley, from “Catwalk” (1996) It was my first fashion show, and as hundreds of other people dressed in their best outfits flooded into Trustees Theater I wondered, what’s the big deal? Why ar
By Jeffrey Vossler District Staff
By Katie Schliep Not to sound repetitive, but if any senior class was talented enough to top the 2011 fashion show, the current class of seniors would definitely be the group. Today’s first runway show proved this point exactly. To start, this year’s featured designers were definitely not af
By Katie Schliep Haute-couture, a French term for “high-fashion,” refers to custom clothing sewn with an extreme attention to detail. In an industry where ready-to-wear collections dominate the runways, the art of couture design is hard to come by. Maggie Norris, a well-established American cout
By Raine Blunk From Azede Jean-Pierre’s opening piece that screamed “silky white Luke Skywalker chic“ to Alexis Asplundh’s blocky use of highlighter-bright colors on a Mad Men silhouette, designers of the 2012 SCAD Fashion Show gathered inspiration from a variety of places. While the origin
By Shannon Craig With the 2012 SCAD Fashion Show only hours away, District took the opportunity to interview American designer William Calvert. Born in Baltimore, Md. in 1969, Calvert has been described by Geoffrey Beene of TIME magazine as “the shining light at the end of the tunnel,” i
Contributing artist Mac Calabria volunteered to live-tweet the 4 p.m. Fashion Show as well as his day leading up to it. With nothing but his smartphone and a couple of social media apps, we sent him on his way. Contributing artist Mac Calabria volunteered to live-tweet the 4 p.m. Fashion Show as wel
It’s Fashion Show time once again. Arguably the biggest event of spring quarter, the show attracts fashion lovers everywhere. Reactions are as varied as the styles highlighted at the show itself. [View the story “Unraveling the fashion show through social media” on Storify] Distric
By Eric Ramirez Robin Givhan is no stranger to the fashion industry, as the first ever fashion journalist to receive the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. Her work was referred to as “witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism,” by the Pulitzer Committee