{"id":16462,"date":"2013-05-01T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=16462"},"modified":"2021-11-24T11:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T21:36:50","slug":"manoa-fashion-showcase-wows-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/01\/manoa-fashion-showcase-wows-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101noa fashion showcase wows crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/efziv8P6DhQ\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>More than 90 fashion models, decked out in the latest designs, are strutting down the catwalk as cameras clicked and hundreds watched on. This isn&#8217;t a scene out of New York City, Paris, London or Milan.<\/p>\n<p>It happened in Waik&#299;k&#299; at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa&#8217;s<\/a> 47th annual Senior Fashion Show, a celebration that gives the seniors in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/ProgramAPDM.aspx\">fashion design and merchandising program<\/a> an opportunity to showcase their creations. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It means a lot to me,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa student <strong>Patricia Clariza<\/strong>, one of seven senior designers in the fashion show. &ldquo;I have always wanted to do design, so by doing this and putting out a collection I&#8217;m on top of the world right now. It feels really good.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The program is offered through the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a>. The individual collections by the seniors represent a culmination of years of hard work and dedication. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To see all of the work you have done over the course of a long period of time, and having your friends and family support you towards one moment, that means a lot&rdquo; said senior designer <strong>Bejan Moers<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Juniors in the program also participated, showing a few examples of their work while getting a taste of what&#8217;s to come. This year, additional categories were added for the seniors, including one that was inspired by the fluorescence of light energy. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a lot of hard work, but now, because I haven&#8217;t slept for a couple of days, but it is totally worth it,&rdquo; said Clariza. <\/p>\n<p>The effort certainly impressed the 500 people who attended the sold out show, including Governor Neil Abercrombie and some big names in the local fashion industry. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The talent coming out of our schools in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> can compete at the national level, international level as well,&rdquo; said <strong>Nong Ariyaphon Southiphong<\/strong>, a finalist on <em>Project Runway<\/em>, a fashion reality television show. &ldquo;There is no reason why <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> can&#8217;t make it&#8217;s mark on the world.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Every aspect of the show is planned, organized and produced by the students in the program&#8217;s fashion production class, providing valuable real world experience, complete with a lot of pressure and stress. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are students who worked really hard to make this possible with the help of our advisors of course,&rdquo; said <strong>Jam Nichole Cristobal<\/strong>, co-director of the Senior Fashion Show and a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa student. &ldquo;We are all very proud of this show.&rdquo; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa&#8217;s fashion design and merchandising program showcase their creations at the 47th annual Senior Fashion Show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[212,476,423,9,56],"class_list":["post-16462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-fashion","tag-fashion-design-and-merchandising","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16462"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152220,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462\/revisions\/152220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}