After a two-year hiatus, the Herron Wearable Art show once again brought student art work to the catwalk.
The show included pieces of art from current students, as well as work from previous classes who weren’t able to showcase due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was really a return to something more normal since the COVID-19 pandemic began,” said Herron professor Eric Nordgulen.
Students and models strutted their stuff down the catwalk , some working it more than others.
Henry Burke worked feverishly to finish his piece — a giant worm that would give birth to other worms on the catwalk — inside the Herron Sculpture and Ceramics Building a few days before the event. Students had three weeks to come up with their pieces.
Some other highlights from the show include the work of Monique Burt who dressed three models for the show in her “Indigo Equine” collection, and event emcee Morgan Robinson-Gay in her giant pink party dress titled “Green Mini Skirt.”
“I made a joke about being wheeled into the show on a shop ladder in the bow and a regular skirt, like a parade float,” Robinson-Gay said. “Then the joke got taken too far and the ladder became my skirt.”
“In the future, we will be looking to use the show to strengthen our ties to the community,” Nordgulen said. “We always count on our future students to bring fresh ideas and possibilities to the show.”
