Fashion: Artery, Indy Week

Slideshow: reFASHIONED at Motorco in Durham

Craig D. Lindsey — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:57:00 -0400

On Thursday night, Durham's Motorco Music Hall was filled with local style mavens looking to cheer on their favorite Triangle fashion designers, as the venue hosted its first reFASHIONED show.

And cheer they did as a slew of regional designers sent models out on the runway to show off their latest collections.…

Large turnout at CAM Raleigh as Redress Raleigh promotes eco-fashion

Craig D. Lindsey — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:10:10 -0400

By 8 p.m. or so, the Contemporary Art Museum in downtown Raleigh was fully stocked with spectators last Friday evening. They were all in attendance not for art, but for fashion.…

The wearable lightness of being: roadkill and electric lights at Art to Wear

Lauren Shute — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:24:00 -0400

Wire, fiber optic lights and skinned roadkill are three things not often grouped together, but the designers of N.C. State’s annual fashion show, Art to Wear, don’t see it that way.

This year—tonight, in fact—marks the 10th anniversary of the collaborative show between the College of Design and the College of Textiles, and the designers are pulling out all the stops.…

Slideshow: The fifth annual fashionSPARK

Lauren Shute — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:04:00 -0400

The only thing taller than the models were downtown’s towering buildings this past Friday at the fashionSPARK Fashion Show.…

Textiles’ seniors show off their skills, but don't say "like"

Sarah Ewald — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:49:53 -0400

“You do not ‘like that one,'” a sign in North Carolina State University’s Leazar studio sternly admonishes inquisitive visitors who might want to express appreciation for a design piece. Across campus at the College of Textiles, the same sentiment prevails during class critiques of the Senior Fashion Collection Studio.…

Redress Raleigh: Not just fashion as usual

Sarah Ewald — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:17:33 -0400

Green, sustainable fashion is so hot right now. But residents of the Triangle don’t have to jet to New York or Los Angeles to see it (which is good, since the goal is to reduce the carbon footprint).…

Art to Wear: Prepping for The Big Strut

Sarah Ewald — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:04:00 -0400

Audience members cheered and roared for N.C. State’s student designers and models Wednesday night in Reynolds Coliseum. But what the audience never sees is how much hairspray, cookies and ironing go into putting that line out on the runway.…

Art to Wear: A mid-summer forest and a mental ward

Sarah Ewald — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:14:00 -0400

When showing a collection, a designer’s job is to take the audience into his or her own created world. Two designers in this year’s Art to Wear (A2W) are pulling from different locales to put their looks in proper context.…

Art to Wear: “We’re in the water and we’re really cold”

Sarah Ewald — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:48:00 -0400

Some designers in this year’s Art to Wear show are taking inspiration from the elements. Two designers in particular are working with water.…

Art to Wear: Meet two designers

Sarah Ewald — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:38:51 -0400

We’re less than two weeks away from the Art to Wear (A2W) show at N.C. State’s Reynolds Coliseum, and we’ll take a look at two designers who are preparing their collections for the show.

Hannah Goff, a fashion development major at N.C. State’s College of Textiles (COT), found out about A2W when she attended the show as a freshman.…

Art to Wear: This one will go down in history

Sarah Ewald — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:07:48 -0400

Where there's fashion, you can reliably find people who adore the industry, and worship it with every fiber of their being. But you can also meet people whose interest might be surprising, until it starts to make sense

For example, Sean Avery, a hockey player for the New York Rangers, interned at Vogue in the summer of 2008 and now aspires for the plush life of the fashion editorial after he hangs up his skates.…

Art to Wear grads: Where are they now?

Sarah Ewald — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:05:18 -0400

Traditionally, participating in a school fashion show has proved to be a great way to launch one's career. In 1995, Stella McCartney inaugurated her first line while attending England's celebrated Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.…

Art to Wear: A brief history

Sarah Ewald — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:47:59 -0500

As veteran broadcaster Ron Burgundy of Anchorman might say, North Carolina State University's Art to Wear fashion show is kind of a big deal.

People know it and mark their calendars for what's become known as a reliable showcase of talent.…

Chilly Wintour at center of The September Issue

Karlie Justus — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:30:21 -0400

The Indy's Neil Morris reviewed RJ Cutler's The September Issue here, and recently, Karlie Justus, the Indy's fashion contributor, saw the film and offered her thoughts:

Fashion, as both an industry and obsession, has emerged as a popular focus of the reality television genre, with shows such as Project Runway, America's Next Top Model, The Hills and The Rachel Zoe Project. They take us middle-Americans down the runway, behind the camera and into the sewing room, without us ever having to leave the couch.…