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19Nov

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Winthrop Fashion Club Serves Up Screams

Photos By: Kit Crosby Written By: Lanie Cauthen Photo Story With outfits ranging from movie characters to fantasy creatures, Winthrop’s Fashion Club members modeled a haunted runway at their Halloween fashion show. The event, a partnership with DSU, featured looks styled and modeled by the fashion club. Attendees dressed in costumes got to walk the runway as well. “There were a lot of moving parts to this event, so special thanks to DSU for collaborating with us on the event.” Fashion Club president Isaiah Henry said.

What Makes People Interested in Fashion?

Online Only Article By Lanie Cauthen Fashion is an important part of today’s world– grabbing the attention of Winthrop University students for a variety of reasons. “Well, the fashion industry is about people,” Cognitive psychologist Carolyn Mair said in “Speaking of Psychology: Psychology of fashion” – a podcast with the American Psychological Association. “It employs millions worldwide and everyone wears clothes. Clothes are the closest thing to our bodies, they're our second skin.” According to Uniform Market, the global apparel market accounted for 1...

Winthrop Fashion Club Challenges “Corporate Americana”

By Lanie Cauthen Pinstripes and graphic t-shirts lined the runway at “Corporate Americana” – a fashion show from Winthrop’s Fashion Club. The event, held on March 13 in Rutledge Gallery, celebrated Black culture by defying the fashion of the American workplace. The pieces worn by the models were styled by Winthrop senior Carrie Vaughn. “In corporate America, I think of standards,” Vaughn said. “I think of norms. I think of boundaries. I think of hatred against creativity, against who we are as people, against individualis...