Student
Design Show - TAPP Expo 2005
"Cosmic Revolution"
Show Poster by Maria Battani
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On Saturday night, April 9, 2005, UNI's
Textile and Apparel Program offered to the public its annual student design
show. This was the 13th year that the show has been produced. Beginning
initially as a static model presentation of apparel design, the show soon
thereafter evolved into a runway format.
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The show, this year, drew the largest
crowd ever! Lang Hall, on the UNI campus was filled beyond capacity. It is
estimated that between 950 and 1000 people were onsite for the show. Below
you can see a portion of the balcony section which was filled to the
rafters!
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Friends, family and
others fill Lang Auditorium on show night
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Our textile and apparel program is
focused on apparel product development. Through the various courses that
students take in the program, apparel designs are produced as course
projects. Some of those designs make it into the show. Other designs shown
on the runway are created by students on their own time. In addition, this
year, alumni of the program were invited to submit designs too.
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Over 100 designs were submitted for the
runway show and 70 were finally selected for presentation. Selections were
largely based upon design and construction quality. The designs were
reviewed by a representative of May Corporation, one of the leading
department store ownership groups in the United States. May Corporation
produces a vast array of private label garments for sale in malls all over
the country. May Corporation was represented by Ms. Amy Morrison, who also
happens to be a graduate of our program. Below is a photo of Amy her senior
year at UNI.
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Amy Morrison expounds during
her Senior Presentation in Spring 2000
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The design show is quite an extravaganza.
Models, who are mostly student volunteers from outside the TAPP program,
must be fitted, trained, and stylized. Rehearsals begin a week or so before
the show. Great effort, which begins in the previous fall semester, is put
into planning and publicizing the show. Students direct and manage the show
with the guidance of faculty. To pull off this monumental effort, students
from Dr. Lynch's 31T:121 Fashion Promotion class are integrated into the
planning and execution of the show. Additional and important help comes from
members of the TAPP student organization. Publicity for this years show was
extraordinary; both the student paper, The Northern Iowan, and the local
paper, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ran stories prior to the show. Click
on the images below to get the stories:
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In addition, the week after the show, the
Northern Iowan published a story about two sisters who participated as
models on the runway. Click on their picture for the story:
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Below are thumbnail images taken during
the Friday, April 8, 2005 rehearsal: |
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The Showtime Scene on Saturday Night:
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Below are thumbnail images of the designs
shown on the runway (designers name below
image):
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