Students from Syracuse University's
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and
College
of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present the fashion show "The Revolution is Now!: Media in
a time of utter transformation expressed through fashion" on Friday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in the
Newhouse 1 Lobby. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Parking
is available in SU pay lots.
The show is co-sponsored by Newhouse and VPA's Fashion Communications Milestone, and
produced by VPA's fashion design program. The show will feature more than 100 designs from
fashion design students.
"The show is the only opportunity to see the work of freshmen, sophomores and juniors on the
runway, and a great opportunity to preview the senior collections," says Jeffrey Mayer, associate
professor of fashion and design technology in VPA.
"The media industry is literally being rocked by change, as evidenced by the number of major
newspapers that have folded in just the last couple of months, not to mention the boon in new
media options," says Carla Lloyd, associate dean in the Newhouse School and co-director of the
milestone."As with our last two shows, the title of this year's show is focused on the media, which
reinforces the important union that exists between Newhouse and VPA through the milestone."
The Fashion Communications Milestone is a concentration that explores fashion and beauty as
communication. Course work, which is drawn from both Newhouse and VPA, covers such topics as
the history of fashion; contemporary fashion in popular culture; visual communications; fashion
advertising and promotion; fashion photography; beauty and fashion journalism; and other topics.
The milestone is open to students in Newhouse or in VPA's fashion design program.
For more information about the fashion show or the milestone, contact Mylinda Smith at (315) 443-
9252 or msmith@syr.edu.
