Mental health takes center stage

In preparation for Retail Therapy, a student-organized fashion show to raise awareness for mental health, the Fashion and Retail Merchandising students have been organizing the many moving projects for the night of the event. One of these projects included making posters to advertise for the show. “May is mental health awareness month. The color for mental health awareness is the bright lime green to get...

Ella Holmes ‘22, Mackenzie Jusczak ‘21, Stacey Willett ‘19, and Victoria Lopez ‘20, gather around to brainstorm songs to be played while the designated models will walk down the runway. “The music will hopefully give you the vibe that the clothing is portraying,” said Ella Holmes ‘22. Along with using color psychology in the clothing that the models will be wearing, the group wants to ...

Willett, Holmes, Lopez, and Carolyn Hultz ‘22, hold up the photo booth props that they created for the night of Retail Therapy. “[The photobooth] will be in the back lobby with popcorn and water sales to raise money. We are going to have a bunch of props,” said Willett. The girls hope that the photo booth will be a fun activity that will raise awareness for Bridges, a local nonprofit that provides ...

In addition to supplying the photo booth, the Fashion and Retail Therapy students also created care packages to give out on the night of the show. “The girls made 500 packages for everyone who potentially comes,” said Hancock. Each package is full of items that relate to the motivational message on the front. The packages will be available in the front lobby on the night of May 22 for those atten...

Willett and Hultz hold up the shirts that they sewed and created themselves in class. Throughout the month of March, each of the Fashion and Retail Merchandising students worked on putting together clothing articles to be worn in the fashion show. “We had some trouble working with the sewing machines, but they turned out really great,” said Hancock. The models will be wearing these pieces to disp...