Fashion Students Model Their Own Designs
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| An exquisite wedding gown designed by Fashion Design student Ted Allegrini of Greenwich, Conn., is modeled by fellow student Stephanie Ceneus of New Rochelle High School. |
It was a standing-room-only crowd once again on May 26, when students enrolled in the popular Fashion Design and Marketing Program at Southern Westchester BOCES modeled the dresses, suits and even wedding dresses they have created in the program.
Nineteen students, along with five graduates of the program who returned to assist as models, made quick changes and walked the runway constructed at the Center for Career Services campus in Valhalla for the show, which takes place every two years. As in the past, the show was narrated by instructor Gina Bratter, accompanied by hip music, and featured the popping flashbulbs of hundreds of admiring visitors and proud parents.
In an emotional finale, Mrs. Bratter addressed the students, particularly the graduating seniors. "Thank you again for placing your trust in me and for coming to me for help when you needed it. Thank you for doing it my way, even when you were convinced that you were right and I was wrong. Thank you for keeping me young, at least in spirit."
Students participating in the fashion show, and their home high schools, were: Eric Airington, Stephanie Ceneus, Ebony Coleman, La Toya Flood, Claritza Infante, Nancy Sanches, Kaneesha Hamlet and Grace Wiener , all of New Rochelle High School; Karina Garnica, Tenneka Hall, and Leshan Watson , all of Sleepy Hollow High School, Brenda DelPezo and Raquel Hubbard , both of Mamaroneck High School, Cassandra Lanton of Croton High School, Caroline Orlando of Eastchester High School, Theodore Allegrini of Greenwich (Conn.) High School, Rhoda Lopez of Rye Lake High School, Bryan Borche of White Plains High School, and Christina Garcia of Woodlands High School.
Also modeling were program graduates Princess Clark, Christina De Galia, Providence Lenhard, Carolyn Silva, and Nora Smith.
The Fashion Design and Merchandising Program is a one- or two-year course of study that prepares students planning to pursue a career in the fashion industry. Students are trained in the design, construction and merchandising areas of the field. The students are also introduced to related fields, such as fashion illustration and rendering, jewelry, millinery and fabric design, beading, portfolio development and fashion show production. Those students who complete the two-year course of study are eligible to receive college credits from two accredited fashion institutions.
Many of the program's graduates go on to post-secondary schools that have included the Parsons School of Design, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing in California, and others.
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