Fashion Show 2010 "Pre-Selection"

For Drexel's Fashion show, deciding which clothes make it to the runway is a challenging process. We hold a two-day evaluation event called pre-selection in which a panel of professors view students' collections as a whole. The garments must be as close to finished as possible by the time pre-selection rolls around (which is a little more than a month before the actual show).

The garments, just as during model selection received a Yes, No or Maybe. Maybe's and Yes's got numbers to help us create the order of the show.

The D&M fashion show crew was in charge of orchestrating the event for the designers. We dressed mannequins, catalogued the garments and made sure the day ran smoothly and that everyone remained calm during what could be a stressful time.

Here is an exclusive sneak peak at some of what you might see in the show!

Fashion Show Model "Go-See's"

The International Modeling Guide defines a "Go-See" as "simply an appointment arranged by the model (or agency). It is an opportunity for the model to interview with [potential] clients."

Drexel Fashion 2010 held its own go-see in the Main Building earlier this month.

The D&M Fashion show team watched men and women from various agencies including Reinhard, MMA, Expressions and Wilhelmina. The models were asked to show us their "walk." Many brought along look books with head-shots and other photos so that we could get a better idea of their overall style.

We weren't looking for any specific type of person, as we had not seen the clothes that would be shown yet. The models we chose heavily depend on the look of the clothes that are being shown. If there are a lot of "girl next door" models and the clothes end up being very futuristic looking, there would be a disconnect in the show.

Male models generally needed to be on the slimmer side, as men who are too "bulked up" often can't fit into garments created for the show.

We gave all of our attendees a Yes, No or a Maybe.

Those who are a Yes were chosen for their strong walk across the stage and their amiable personality.

Final decisions still have not been made.

Take a look at some of our possible models as well as a few D&M's checking out the look books.

Project Runway Finalist Althea Harper at Drexel

Project Runway Season 6 finalist Althea Harper paid a visit to Drexel this week both to give a lecture and lead mini student critiques. Work was presented both from the Fashion Design department and from Design & Merchandising.

Fashion Design students presented their garments for Althea's feedback, and D&M students presented business concepts created while working in conjunction with students in Hong Kong.

Student presenters include Rachel Drummond, Kocayne Givner and Gabrielle Joffie from Fashion Design, and Thomas McCarthy, Caroline Savitt, and Jesse Ligo from D&M.

It's Baseball Season

The other day I noticed some statues of the Philly Phanatic dressed up in different outfits. The statues were about six feet tall and all painted to look different. As soon as I saw one of them I had to see them all. There are 20 of them around Philadelphia, all made by local artists, and they will be auctioned off by the Phillies at the end of the season. If anyone is a huge Phillies fan, or even wants something fun to do on a nice spring day, I suggest finding all of the Phanatics. If you don't want to just walk around the city all day here's a cheat list of places to find them:

African American Museum

Betsy Ross House

Citizens Bank

Citizens Band Park

Franklin Institute

Franklin Square

Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing

Independence Visitor Center

John F. Kenned Plaza/LOVE Park

Lloyd Hall

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

National Constitution Center

Philadelphia Free Library

Philadelphia International Airport

Philadelphia Zoo

Please Touch Museum

Rittenhouse Square

The Market at Comcast Center

Thomas Paine Plaza at City Hall

They are all awesome, the one at the Please Touch Museum is dressed like the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland!!!

Go Phillies!!!