After months of ideating, sketching and stitching, Cal Poly student designers brought their visions to life in front of a packed audience on Sunday. The annual spring fashion show, hosted by Cal Poly’s Fashion, Innovation, Trendsetting, and Styling (FITS) Club in collaboration with the Sustainable Fashion Club, returned to campus, highlighting student creativity and design. […]
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FITS X SFC Fashion Show: Roots
Cal Poly’s FITS and SFC clubs held their annual Fashion Showcase on Sunday May 18. The show had 28 collections from 31 different designers. The fashion show showcases student designs that incorporate sustainable fashion. Mustang News reporter Sedona Harris spoke with fashion designers and models about their experience in the show. Courtesy video by Michael […]
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A look inside the fashion designers’ creative process
It can be staring at the wall, face to face with tree bark or even on the way to the bus stop when it hits.
Like a lightning bolt approaching from a far away sky, the visual idea can hit the mind of Jaclyn Brodersen at a moment’s notice.
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Slow fashion movement picks up pace in SLO
Grace Longo sat up on their couch with a heap of yarn on their lap. Dark black goggle-like glasses covered their eyes as a bunny balaclava began to take shape from their fiddling needles.
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FAST X SFC student-run fashion show returns for a second year highlighting “evolution”
As spring quarter evolves, so are the designers of the Sustainable Fashion Club (SFC) and Fashion and Student Trends’ (FAST) Fashion Show. “Evolution” is the theme of the second annual fashion show put on by fashion-focused Cal Poly clubs this weekend. The collaboration began in 2022 when Fashion and Student Trends reached out Sustainable Fashion […]
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Beta Theta’s third thrift event moves second-hand apparel vending from Dexter Lawn to Foothill Blvd
After being rescheduled due to weather, the fraternity Beta Theta Pi will host their third Beta Theta Thrift fundraiser at 1327 E Foothill Blvd from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on April 15. The fraternity is collaborating with 10 vendors who sell thrifted and used clothing as well as around 15 jewelry/accessory vendors. When Marcus […]
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Sustainable Fashion Club and Green Campus to host Swap n’ Shop this Friday
The Sustainable Fashion Club and Green Campus are hosting Swap n’ Shop on Friday at Dexter Lawn from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This third Swap n’ Shop of the quarter is an opportunity to swap old clothes with new ones. According to Cal Poly’s sustainability page, student vendors will also be present with handcrafted goods. […]
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Sustainable fashion and “thrift culture” on Cal Poly’s campus
Recently, secondhand fashion has played a large role in many students’ style choices. From strutting around in their vintage finds to hosting secondhand clothing sales on Dexter Lawn, sustainable fashion has become ingrained into Cal Poly’s student culture. “I think second-hand plays an immense role in campus culture,” Cal Poly’s Sustainable Fashion Club president Emily […]