The wild and sometimes outlandish displays of fashion and trends on the Harajuku streets of Japan were strong influences upon one student at this year's third annual Wagner High School Fashion Show.
The theme of the May 16 event was “Fashion Overdose” and that's what nearly 400 spectators enjoyed as they watched models and designers take to the runway in clothes constructed by Wagner advanced fashion design students.
The crowd cheered wildly as 66 designers and 112 models sashayed down the runway with plenty of attitude.
Outfits by clothing designer Evan Manikham, 18 — who prefers to be known by his professional name of Evan Satochi — brought to the front colorful fare with four pieces emulating styles seen in some of the hip sections of Japan.
His own outfit featured a Japanese sailor uniform top trimmed with fur with fur trim, plaid shorts and 4-inch white platform shoes.
“Fashion to me means expression and being yourself and expressing that part of yourself — being crazy and outrageous and doing whatever you want to do,” Satochi said.
This type of creative expression is what Wagner's advanced fashion design educator Laura Rohm wants for her students.
"Many kids need to have that creative outlet,” Rohm said. “Kids are able to learn how to mold and change and adapt things to fit them, to fit others and to just see what works best for different body types.”
Evan's keen fashion sense not only caught the attention of the evening's audience, but also that of professional designers and instructors. For the first time, a Wagner student took part in the citywide “Avant-Garde Going Green Gown Exposition” held last fall.
Satochi has already been accepted to the popular design school at San Antonio's University of the Incarnate Word and will begin studies this fall.
This year, several of the young designers had the opportunity to experience college-level fashion design. They participated in hands-on workshops during visits to UIW and Sanford-Brown College.
Designer Alexis Haley, a Wagner junior, stood out again this year with a dress made from soda cans, a white formal vest trimmed with wallpaper and a business-casual, flair-in-the-back picot jacket with satin trim.
There were other original looks, such as a dress made with recyclable clear trash bags from the custodian's closet, donned by 11th-grader Dulce Garcia; and a gown worn by Melissa Salazar featuring red lace on top with a bottom of layered brown paper bags.
Instructors say some of the trends resurfacing are a version of the “hammer pant,” now called the haram pant; and the '90s crop-top. The flare-at-the-waist peplum is on the way out.
While some of the fashion students desire to pursue careers in fashion, others see the classes as simply fun while meeting elective requirements. Rohm says only about 10 percent of her students seriously consider a fashion career.
“Fashion is a big industry and there are so many job opportunities,” according to Kortney Carter, Wagner's level one design instructor. She also points out the students must strike a balance while they remain in high school.
“They have had to focus on their school work at the same time they come into tutoring to keep up with the garments they have in class and still maintain their grades in their other classes,” Carter said.
Priscilla Osio is confident her 11th-grade son, Oseas Osio III, will reap the long-term benefits of the program.
“He's usually more sports-oriented,” said Osio. “I think this helps him branch out and work with a different group of people and that will make him a more well-rounded individual.”
The money raised at the fashion show will allow the school to offer scholarships for the fashion program's seniors and allow more students to take field trips to continue to work with and showcase their talents for professionals in the industry.
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