Modista presents Dreamland

Modista hosted the first fashion show to take place on Rockwell Hall's runway in decades last Friday. The event ended Black History Month programming by taking its audience to dreamland. If dreamland is where the best fashion show at Kent State in the past three years takes place then Kori Fields and members of Modista sure got us there.

Co-founder of Modista, Fields, exudes confidence walking the runway in a chartreuse dress she made. The fabric is weaved on the silhouette of the dress. This is one part of her collection.

Intrendzick designer Jasmine Williams took spectators to the dark side of glamor. Models appeared to be incredibly vain as they exited a picture frame and posed as mannequins.

Williams' designs coming down the runway.

Audience members were heard saying "I'm scared" when designer Marquis "Lucky" Engle's scene began. His one part Rihanna, one part Saw introduction set a tone for his collection. From his "Diva" shades to the reoccurring shoulder pads, the whole collection encompassed what urban edginess is today. It was nice to see studded shades pushed to another level when Engle put a broken CD on the lenses of a pair of his shades.

This was Ashley Tolliver's first make-up scene in Ohio in almost a year. With Ashley Morgan on hair, Tolliver had audience members talking more about their leotards designs than their hair and make-up skills. Morgan used interesting colors to create couture hair, and Tolliver gave the models a natural look to match hair colors. But it was the pearl-embellished leotards that left the audience talking.