aWEARness – Spoke

Runway features dresses solely made out of paper

BY JOE WEPPLER It was a full house at Conestoga College’s Doon campus library on March 4 for the sixth annual “aWEARness” runway performance show. The event showcased the final products of months of labour by the second-year visual merchandising arts students at Conestoga. The theme was “Paper with Purpose” and inspiration for their dresses ranged from Disney princesses to Vatican staircases and everything in between. Each dress was made … Continued

Raising ‘aWEARness’ for Lyme disease

By JOE WEPPLER “Paper with Purpose” is the theme of the sixth annual “aWEARness” runway performance show being presented by second-year visual merchandising arts students on Friday, March 4 at Conestoga College. “Our challenge was to create costumes solely out of paper,” said Shauna Wiley, one of the students presenting at the show. The event will take place in the library at Doon campus, and tickets are $15 for both … Continued

aWEARness ‘moves’ people

By RACHEL ROY Students in the visual merchandising arts program at Conestoga have done it again, showcasing their personal costume designs at the fifth annual aWEARness runway performance on March 26. This year’s theme was The Evolution of Movement Through Time. The students’ designs were presented on a runway and in a video created by broadcast television students. The performance was held at The Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts … Continued

aWEARness had wow factor

BY BRANDON HOMMEL To some, being put on the best dressed list is the highest achievement. But for second-year visual merchandising arts students, it was having the best dress themed to a musical genre. On March 27 at the Waterloo Region Museum, the annual aWEARness runway performance show was held by the students. They designed and created costumes focusing on the theme of music, with runway performances accompanied by videos … Continued

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