Tonight I played hookie from preparing for my class tomorrow and went to a fashion runway show! One of the advantages of being a Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) graduate is that I get invited to Fashion Week for free! The new RISD fashion design graduates get to display their clothing collections and get all their art school friends to model. It is really varied and wild and a lot of fun. I went for the first time last year and enjoyed it so much I signed on again.
This year's show displayed a lot of the male form particularly the black male form as well as the female form and the black female form. It was a diverse show. Started off with a lot white on white over large slouchy silhouettes, but my favorites where exquisitely tailored menswear with multiple collars in odd places and extra sleeves all made of chiffon and quilted fabric in shades of peach. There there were the body hugging women's and menswear lines celebrating African American culture and style. There was one collection of lingerie which used chords and line to obscure faces and bind hands while barely covering anything with sheer fabric - a comment on sexual slavery? Very political show. Lots of fun and they fed us afterwards with hor d'oeuvres and cocktails.
This year's show displayed a lot of the male form particularly the black male form as well as the female form and the black female form. It was a diverse show. Started off with a lot white on white over large slouchy silhouettes, but my favorites where exquisitely tailored menswear with multiple collars in odd places and extra sleeves all made of chiffon and quilted fabric in shades of peach. There there were the body hugging women's and menswear lines celebrating African American culture and style. There was one collection of lingerie which used chords and line to obscure faces and bind hands while barely covering anything with sheer fabric - a comment on sexual slavery? Very political show. Lots of fun and they fed us afterwards with hor d'oeuvres and cocktails.
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