16 - Sunday, December 13, 1992 - North Shore News

Fashion grads show latest work

GRADUATES OF Vancouver Community College’s (VCC)
fashion arts program presented their latest mini-collections
in a fashion show at the Commodore Ballroom last Mon-

day.

Fiat Mode I! featured the work
of 20 up-and-coming designers —
representatives of every graduating
class since the program’s inception
in 1986 — whose fashions ranged
from ethnic and elegant to the
theatrical and the outrageous.

The show kicked off with a trio

By Layne Christensen
Fashion Reporter

of toddlers bouncing down the
runway in color-splashed
separates from Ellen Vaillan-
court’s Babysport label, available

at specialty stores across Canada.
Cosy cotton fleece rompers,
leggings, tunics, hooded jackets
and little dresses with flared hems
were presented in primary color
blocks of red, yellow, blue and

“green. “Dinosaur bump styling”

showed up on skirt hems and pant
side seams.

Debbie Schreiber, one of the
program’s first graduates, pres-
ented the whimsical costumes she
created for street performers at
Vancouver's First Night celebra-
tions. Designed as take-offs on
period costumes, these included a
canary yellow Mad Hatter top hat
paired with a Jimminy Cricket
tailcoat, an orange conehead and
a pink ‘‘bread basket’’ skirt, all in
foam and wire covered with rip-
stop nylon.

North Shore designer Deirdre
Flavin showed ‘‘wearable art’’
cotton and silk coats hand-
painted with breakfast motifs —
bagels and coffee mugs — and ar-

tist’s brushes and paints.

Louise Evison, a regional final-
ist in the prestigious 1992 Smir-
noff International Fashion Com-
petition, presented her winning
design and her menswear-inspired
Funkadetegance collection for
fall/winter '92, available in Van-
couver at Mecca.

And West African-born Ishama
Herbert debuted her Nubian
Touch line for spring/summer "93.
Drawing on her culture, Herbert
showed unisex white cotton sepa-
rates with vibrant orange patch-
work-patterned accents, and
Ikat-printed traditional sarongs
and tunics.

The highlight of the evening
came when an aging Elvis, outfit-
ted by designer Caro! Goetze,
took to the stage.

Decked out in the requisite
jewelled ‘‘weightlifter’s’’ belt,
white flare pants and matching
jacket, The King tore up the run-
way to the beat of Lool: at Me,
a song written especially for the
show by I. Braineater creator Jim
Cummins. A_ hand-painted,
thinestone-studded Elvis portrait
on the jacket back, Mexican
pompon fringe, black soutache
trim and gold glitter completed
the look.

The show was held to raise
money for fashion arts bursaries
with proceeds from the door and
a raffle being met by the provin-
cial government dollar-to-dollar.

‘For more information about
VCC’s fashion. arts certificate
program offered through Continu-
ing Education, cal! 443-8380.

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