The homecoming events this past week featured a fashion show hosted by ETSU’s Fashion Marketing and Merchandising program and Collegiate Merchandising Association.
Dr. Sookhyun Kim aided in the initiation of the fashion show in her second year at ETSU. While the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the canceling of the fashion show for a year, Kim was excited to host the third fashion show this past Thursday, Nov. 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The fashion show allows the students in Dr. Kim’s fashion promotion class to get hands on experience in the industry.
“It is a huge project, but we only have eight students in my class. … I think they’ve all done greatly,” said Kim.
Kim hopes to include more hand-on learning for her students as she invites industry leaders to look over the Fashion Marketing and Merchandising program’s curriculum.
The fashion show not only provided a fascinating look at fashions to ETSU, but it also showed ETSU’s commitment to sustainability.
The clothes presented came from ETSU students and were recycled for the fashion show. Those clothes were then sold (at an exceptionally low price) to the audience. The funds earned went to the Collegiate Merchandising Association for their future activities.
The fashion show will continue to be put on by ETSU in future years with its emphasis on sustainability.
“Students have to pluck second-hand products so that we can resell and then make the product life-cycle longer. That will help our environment,” said Kim.
Textile production is one of the leading causes of pollution. It is important that we reduce the amount of clothes that are thrown away in order to prevent the substances and chemicals used in production from polluting the environment. I encourage you to try your luck at thrifting and donating clothes more often so that we can make a beneficial dent in some of the negative effects of fashion production on the world around us.
