The student fashion show is back at Long Beach City College for the first time since 2018, with original designs created by students in the fashion program.
The LBCC student fashion show will be held at the Aquatics Center in Building W at LAC on Saturday, May 25, at 7 p.m.
The fashion show will take place at the pool and the runway will be going over the pool.
General admission and VIP tickets are now on sale on the LBCC website under student fashion show tickets, ranging from $15 to $25.
The event will include a pop up market at 5:30 p.m., live music and special performances, and doors will be open at 6:30 p.m.
Professional and student models will walk the runway, showcasing 100 student designs that will be judged by a panel of industry professionals.
The last fashion show was supposed to be held in 2020 but was canceled due to “COVID-19” and since then the students had time to build their skills which include sewing, drafting patterns, and designing.
The upcoming fashion show will also feature students bringing their garments from 2018 and forward with a good span of the last six years of student work.
Director and professor for the fashion design merchandising program Chantel Bryant has been teaching at LBCC for nine years and worked in the industry for 11 years as a designer and product developer.
“This year’s theme is Age Of Aquarius, it’s just a celebration of destroying the past of things that don’t work and this kind of collective movement of forward thinking and bringing this retro futuristic spirit,” Bryant said.
Model Bia Barnett, who has ten years of experience, will be one of the models showcasing the students’ designs in this year’s fashion show.
“I’ve worked with Nordstrom, Macy’s, done tons of commercials, traveled the world and my biggest accomplishment was doing a fashion show in South Korea for their fashion week,” Barnett said.
The fashion design program will be giving away scholarships and will also showcase Renaissance High School and Millikan High School students that both have fashion programs and their students will be entering garments to the next generation segment showcasing the partnership of local high schools.