{"id":219086,"date":"2025-07-24T16:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T02:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=219086"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T02:36:25","slug":"honolulu-ccs-senior-designers-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/24\/honolulu-ccs-senior-designers-center-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity in style: Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s senior designers take center stage"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_219091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219091\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show.jpeg\" alt=\"Honolulu C C senior fashion show\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show-130x73.jpeg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The graduating designers showed off their collections on a runway in the campus cafeteria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ten graduating students from Honolulu Community College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/post\/program\/ft\/\">Fashion Technology Program<\/a> took center stage on May 2, during the sold-out &ldquo;L\u014dkahi&rdquo; Senior Fashion Show.<\/p>\n<p>Showcasing original collections, each designer offered a unique creative perspective, all unified by the event\u2019s theme, &ldquo;L\u014dkahi,&rdquo; or unity. The show celebrated their growth and artistic vision developed throughout their time at the college&#8217;s fashion program.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show2-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Honolulu CC senior fashion show\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-219092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show2-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show2-93x130.jpeg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show2.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The senior designers and their collections include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Halee Pedro, The Local Kids Closet<\/li>\n<li>Brooke Bennetts, The Blue Mind<\/li>\n<li>Caitlin LeCompte, Color Theory<\/li>\n<li>Tumuria O\u2019Conner LeClay, Rise and Shine<\/li>\n<li>Casey Contorelli, Forever Young<\/li>\n<li>Yudai Iwamura, Above Us<\/li>\n<li>Danica Saoit, Radiant<\/li>\n<li>Angelica Aguinaldo, Angel\u2019s Dream<\/li>\n<li>Maria Mora-Sanchez, Vereda Tropical<\/li>\n<li>Arwen Schultz, She\u2019s Such A Doll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The collections received support from the crowd of fashion enthusiasts, industry insiders, family members and University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> faculty and staff, including <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> President Wendy Hensel. Prior to the main show, attendees viewed a special pre-show featuring designs from underclassmen, underscoring the collaborative spirit of the Fashion Technology Program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Each collection is so special and pays tribute to the personalities of each of our students,&rdquo; said Elsie Casamina-Fernandez, Honolulu <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> fashion technology instructor. &ldquo;It was really exciting to see the student&#8217;s hard work be showcased and for the great community support that they received.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Fashion Technology Program offers students technical training in areas such as garment construction, pattern making, textiles and design, preparing graduates to enter and innovate in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The designs were featured on a runway fashion show in front of an enthusiastic crowd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":219091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[476,533,62,71],"class_list":["post-219086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-fashion","tag-fashion-technology-program","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/honolulucc-fashion-show.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219086","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=219086"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219098,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219086\/revisions\/219098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}