'Fashion for Life' to showcase talents of young designers - Tuscaloosa Magazine

<p>Fourteen designers from the clothing, textiles and interior design department at the University of Alabama will see months of work come together on Sunday night at the “Fashion for Life” runway show. </p><p>The designers are in an upper-level course that requires them to design and construct an entire line of clothes, then to accessorize and complete the outfits in time for the professional runway show.</p><p>The fashion show will take place in the Ferguson Student Center ballroom. Doors will open at 4 p.m., and the show will start at 5 p.m. Admission is $5, which goes to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Student organization Fashion Inc. organized the show and will volunteer to help sell tickets, as well as assist the designers. </p><p>The designers were instructed to pick their inspiration and design according to their own style and to reflect their preference for future career paths. Consequently, the featured clothing designs will range in season and style from casual to special-occasion wear and will include a menswear line, which has not been featured before. </p><p>“One designer has a lot of neutrals, another has feathers and sequins and is very experimental,” said Brian Taylor, design instructor and coordinator of the show. “Their look is totally up to them.”</p><p>The class requirement may be summed up as “be ready for the show,” but the preparation also requires coordination and skill. Designers must create and deliver handmade outfits, find and fit their own models and organize hair, makeup and accessories for each look. </p><p>The numerous demands and deadlines in the classroom setting prepare students for the deadlines and pressures of the real world, Taylor said. </p><p>Student designer Jess Dupuy, 25, is a senior graduating in December. She participated in Birmingham Fashion Week this past spring but said the student show has required more effort.</p><p>“It's good to learn to hustle, to manage time between making garments, finding all the accessories, designing the overall look,” she said. “You have to use your planner a lot, but it will be rewarding to see it all come together.”</p><p>Designer Ayana Ames, 21, is a senior graduating in May. She will be presenting both menswear and womenswear and said she started her men's fashions early, in order to focus on the women's line during class. </p><p>“I had to teach myself how to do the menswear, since I'm the only one doing it,” she said. “But I like both men's and women's, and the project was to do what you want to do later, for your career.”</p>



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