By Julie Sparkuhl
Pictures by Emily and
Julie Sparkuhl
Saddleback Community College has one of the best fashion departments for students who
are interested in fashion to learn and explore what the fashion industry has to
offer; whether it’s from design, updating one’s skill, or working for the
industry itself.
This
past Frid
For the event, our guest speaker, Beth Jones,
a famous fashion blogger, spoke to students how important it is to watch for
trends, but also to find your own voice and style; to have the angle that no one
else was doing. The Fashion Department hosted “Fashion ‘a La Mode” for the third
year since 2011, for juniors and seniors from different schools all over Orange County, to learn and discover what
Saddleback Community College and the fashion industry have to offer.
Some student work entered into the contests:
DJ Kelly Dlux hosting Fashion 'a la Mode
Half-scale work from the workshop.
Some of the models backstage:
Instructor Joan Goodspeed with her Hair Accessory workshop.
Students working hands-on in the Dye workshop.
Beth Jones spoke at lunch and to the Blogging workshop.
From there,
students from different high schools came to partake in many different
workshops.
These workshops allowed
students to gain insight in design, sewing, draping, dyeing, and blogging to
styling, interior design, and merchandising. Here’s a glimpse into some of the
workshops that the students
did:
(pictures)
In the end, the students then put
on a fashion show, walking on the catwalk, showing some of their own garments
that they made for the event and sense of style.
