Southern students win big at Night of Spectacles
Georgia Southern Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Design students took home first and second place at the ninth annual Night of Spectacles on April 2 in Atlanta for creating unique fashions from recycled eyewear.
Sidney Walker, a senior fashion merchandising and apparel design (FMAD) major, earned a $1,000 scholarship for first place, and Acacia Miller, senior FMAD major, earned a $500 scholarship for second place.
The fashion show benefits the Georgia Lions Lighthouse foundation, a nonprofit statewide provider of comprehensive vision and hearing services for uninsured and underinsured Georgians. The event challenges designers to create high fashion looks embellished with and inspired by broken eyewear collected through the Lighthouse鈥檚 recycling program.
鈥淭he event forced me to challenge my creative ability and made me feel more secure as a designer,鈥� Walker said. 鈥淲inning the competition has given me an indescribable confidence.鈥�
Not only did eight 糖心Vlog students represent the College of Health and Human Sciences FMAD program as designers at the event, but alumna Felicia Ruiz also represented the program as an official judge.
鈥淭he judges were very impressed by the work of our students,鈥� Hope Simpara, assistant professor for the School of Human Ecology said. 鈥淭his was the eighth year Georgia Southern was represented at the Night of Spectacles with students from our program being awarded first place the last three years.鈥�
To learn more about the designers and the event, visit www.NightofSpectacles.org.
糖心Vlog, a public Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers more than聽125 degree programs serving approximately聽20,500 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚 and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. Georgia Southern is recognized for its student-centered and hands-on approach to education. .