You're Access Has Been Granted: End of the Year Banquet

Last night we had the honor of attending the Merchandising Inc End of the Year Banquet. We had a special guest, Steve Woodward, VP of Product Development at Fossil, come out and share some wonderful advice on the constant changing trends in the fashion industry. In addition to our special guest, many were awarded officer positions, two of which were awarded to us- Fashion Show Producers- for the upcoming school year. We spent a wonderful night enjoying each other's company and reminiscing on the wonderful school year that we've had.

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Merchandising Inc Faculty Sponsor, Ms. Zorola

This year's President, Eko Tacker, received the award for Outstanding Senior in Merchandising. Congratulations Eko!!!

This year's President, Eko Tacker and next year's President, Alexis Linthicum.

Kristen and Kim, this year's Fashion Show Producers

Their successors, Kevin and Ondré.

It's going to be a fashionable year!

Can't Go Wrong With Khaki

Spring is in the air and we felt that we should do a post for guys to show them that there is still a way to get a spring look without having to pull out the traditional spring colors. We both chose to cover khaki because it's a color that is very versatile. 

Ondré: I have on my khaki shirt and a yellow sweater over it. I added some faded blue jeans and black loafers for a casual and relaxed look.

Kevin: I'm wearing my khaki shorts that fastens at the hem. I also wore a black shirt with a brown cardigan and my rocker black boots.

Bullyprüf®

Bullyprüf is a campaign by our friend Clarrisa. She made these bracelets to spread the word of her mission. The main theme of the campaign is to end all forms of prejudice and hate. She describes Bullyprüf as "A frame of mind in which an individual isn't affected by bullying, ignorance, bias, stereotypes, or ANY other forms of negativity."

For more information, you can follow the Bullyprüf campaign at:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/iambullypruf

and you can check out Clarrisa's Tumblr at: http://iamclarrisa.tumblr.com/

Creating 5 Looks From 1 Outfit

We chose to show how you can take one outfit and create several other looks from it. We took one basic top and one basic bottom and used those to create 4 different looks- a look for every occasion.  This goes to show you that you can wear one outfit in several ways giving off different impressions. We came up with the following looks:

Basics

Kevin

Prep Look

Nautical Look

Kickin' It Look

School Boy Look

Ondré

Biker Look

Western Look

City Look

School Boy

And THAT my friends is how you mix and match!