The Miami University Club of Fashion and Design (MUCFD) hosted its 9th annual fashion show Saturday night. With 28 designers, presenting anywhere from three to 12 pieces each, the show was a platform for creativity, with no aesthetic limitations placed by MUCFD. The fashion show was prefaced by fashion week, a five day agenda of a speaker and pop-up shops, among other events. This year was the first that the fashion show was associated with Miami's Fashion Design minor, as well as the first year that President Hodge was in the audience.
It’s really all about this unobtainable ideal, and I am representing the ideal as the male form, along the lines of Greek representation of the perfect body, being the divine factor, sort of this transcendental thing. With that — the unobtainable — I’m using veils to obscure the mouth. The veil is sort of this sensual block that is supposed to make you imagine more. I’m doing that with lace, metal and black acrylic. The metal accentuate hard, masculine lines, the lace softens them up in certain places and the plastic is sort of both. It’s reflective but you also can’t really tell the shape all of the time because it’s so reflective.- Joe Plecha, MUCFD Designer
All photos below by Connor Moriarty, Photography Editor
I was super impressed with the talent and overall professionalism of the event. The aesthetics were amazing with all of the chairs, backdrops, and lighting combined with the upbeat music. It was exciting to witness such artistic creativity and genuine passion as the designers showcased their collections.
-Mariel Padilla, MU Sophomore
We went with a fresh, airy and whimsical theme this year, keeping it really ‘Springy.’
- Elaina Douglass, MUCFD president
All the students involved in the show worked extremely hard and the final result was amazing. I felt like a real model walking on the runway with the photographers and lights and designs. It was one of my most memorable experiences at Miami.
- Kasey Meckert, MUCFD fashion show model
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