Mark Vorreuter

The Iron collection, designed by Emily Parkingson '12 is modeled here by Samantha Warner '12.

Mark Vorreuter

Students in Cornell's Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design displayed their imaginative fashion creations and group research posters at the department's annual end-of-semester show Dec. 6.

Students in Cornell's Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD) displayed their imaginative fashion creations and group research posters in the corridors of the Human Ecology Building and throughout the Human Ecology Commons at the department's annual end-of-semester show Dec. 6.

Multimedia art projects, posters on brand management and social media, and original garments and accessories created and modeled by students filled the spaces. The show featured works by dozens of undergraduate and graduate students from seven FSAD courses.

FSAD senior Emily Parkinson showed "Iron," a collection of clothing and leather satchels inspired by European wrought iron that she said "blurs the lines between jewelry and garments." For her class, Collections for the Fashion Industries, taught by Associate Professor Van Dyk Lewis, Parkinson experimented with how to blend metal working, painting, laser-cutting and other techniques to bring her vision to life.

Parkinson said that the time in classes and studio building for the semester-end show gives students great preparation for the spring Cornell Fashion Collective runway show.

"I think it is somewhat of a unique experience that our major gets to have, because you have seen everyone's work develop over the semester in studio and you've been witness to or heard about all of the disasters and pitfalls and breakthroughs that everyone's experienced," she said, "but it isn't until the final show that you really have a chance to step back and see what everyone has accomplished and get to see their entire vision as they had intended it."

Ted Boscia is assistant director of communications for the College of Human Ecology.