UW – Stout Fashion Without Fabric

UW – Stout’s most popular event took place on Saturday, April 12 in the Great Hall in the MSC. If you don’t know what I’m talking about yet, you’re going to want to. Fashion Without Fabric has become the Art & Design Departments greatest success. Students in the 3-D Design course at Stout put on the show every year during Family Weekend so students can show their friends and family the hard work they’ve been putting in to create these incredible designs. 

This year’s theme was “All Things Big & Small” and it was clear that each of the designers did a fantastic job fitting the theme. But not only were the designs showcased in a runway-style event, they were judged as well. The judges, Jackie Weissenberger, Dr. James Bryan, Molly Uravitch and Micah Maraia, had a difficult task to judge over 85 different groups and outfits. Check out the winners! Thanks to Alex Gellar for the fantastic photos!

Awards 

Working the Crowd Award: 

The Struggle Within

Designers: Lizzy Gundlach & Ike Huftel

Materials used: duct tape, raffia, paper, spray paint, acrylic, glow paint, velcro, chains, black mesh, garbage bags, wire, black foam, plastic bugs, candy. 

Viewers Choice Award: 

Tea Party

Designers: Erin Love & Hunter Rising

Materials: burlap, nets, cellophane, saran wrap, plastic table clothes, tea bags, balsa wood, cardboard, hot glue, thread, paint, wrapping paper, tubes, bubble wrap, cotton, coffee, wood stain, twine, rope feathers. 

Attention To Detail Award:

Conquering the Abyss

Designers: Grace Becher & Julia Hurley

Materials: chicken wire, plastic wrap, pool cover, tyvek, paint chips, cardboard, foam core, latex gloves

The Couture Award: 

Big Hair Small Mind

Designers: Casey Espeland & Britt Humes

Materials: chicken wire, paper mache, plastic mold, coffee filters, rubber bands

3rd Place:

Infectious Infestation

Designers: Mckenna Newton & Brandi Ellenbecker

Materials: plastic table covers, chicken wire,paper mache, decorative mesh, cardboard

2nd Place:

City Sublime

Designers: Sarah Martin & Alyssa Rupp

Materials: garbage bags, mesh, cardboard, paint, hula hoop

1st Place: 

Woman Run The World

Designers: Olivia Tjugum & Jennah Kaiser

Materials: cardboard, cardboard tubing, foil, plastic cups, red light

Fashion Without Fabric Scholarship:

Fashion of Cosmos

Designers: Kelly Senter, Becca Shehan & Caleb Toft

Materials: cardboard, wire, coffee straws

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