Word: fashionization
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Each show independently seeks to redefine fashion from the Eurocentric and narrow-minded industry that it has been. “When you think of fashion, you think of wealth and skinny white models on a runway. I think fashion can be isolating and not easily relatable for a lot of people,” says Angela Su ’12, one of three executive producers of Eleganza...
...will open with the Asian-American Dance Troupe and close with a step performance from the Black Men’s Forum and the Association of Black Harvard Women. By uniting various forms of the arts, Eleganza aims to be a dazzling multicultural show rather than a presentation of fashion alone...
...will showcase more couture pieces than in previous years, much of the clothing can be worn on an everyday basis—particularly pieces donated by well-known designers like Nicole Miller—according to Beatrice H.N. El-Hage ’11, the executive producer responsible for fashion...
Carmen V. Feliz-Taveras ’11, another executive producer, says, “I think more people see fashion as a voice for everyone and anyone. It’s something that is tangible. Everyday you can wake up and get dressed, giving yourself a means to express yourself...
While Eleganza seeks to democratize fashion, Project East tries to maintain and celebrate its elusive haute couture nature. The designers are either high-end stars like Derek Lam and Vera Wang or students at the prestigious art colleges Parsons, The New School for Design, or Rhode Island School of Design. These clothes represent avant-garde thesis projects of student designers and the seasonal collections that debut on fashion capital runways...