{"id":216121,"date":"2025-05-16T13:12:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=216121"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:16:06","slug":"from-catwalk-to-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/16\/from-catwalk-to-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"From Catwalk to Commencement: M\u0101noa students have Lasting Legacies of fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_65475\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jVC-_vTx9vE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Lasting Legacies - 59th Annual 糖心Vlog官方M Fashion Exhibition\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>For nearly six decades, the annual fashion exhibition at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa has been a signature showcase of creativity and craft. This year\u2019s show, Lasting Legacies, marked the 59th\u2014and final\u2014edition of the traditional format, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/Majors\/FDM\">Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising<\/a> (<abbr>FDM<\/abbr>) looks ahead to a new chapter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216126\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-grit-glitz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-grit-glitz-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"fashion show models\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-216126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-grit-glitz-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-grit-glitz-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-grit-glitz.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer Marisa Kim, center, with models from her Grit n\u2019 Glitz line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Held on May 2, the student-led event brought 12 senior mini-collections, two group lines by juniors, and nearly 90 models to the runway at the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Campus Center Ballroom. Each piece told a story of heritage, resilience and personal growth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many of our students are going to work in the fashion industry, and this gives them the experience of creating a collection 100&#37; by themselves,&rdquo; said <abbr>FDM<\/abbr> instructor and student mentor Minako McCarthy. &ldquo;They find their inspirations, set up their storyboards and then move into designs, making a garment, and staging their models.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Designing every detail<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216125\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-chin-legacy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-chin-legacy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"fashion show models\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-216125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-chin-legacy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-chin-legacy-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-chin-legacy.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Models from Chin Legacy collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From concept to catwalk, students handled it all: design, construction, media production and event logistics.<\/p>\n<p>Elliana (Yana) Abcede, the production lead, managed the massive effort behind the scenes. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I became more assertive and decisive. You cannot be a people pleaser in this position. You learn when to say no, when to say yes, and to trust your decisions,&rdquo; Abcede said. <\/p>\n<p>Senior designer Hniang Sung based her line of clothing, Chin Legacy, on her upbringing in Burma\u2019s Chin State.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216127\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-saccharine-delicacy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-saccharine-delicacy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"someone fixing woman\u02bbs hair\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-216127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-saccharine-delicacy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-saccharine-delicacy-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-saccharine-delicacy.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer Kasandra Miao braids model Amaya Cheng\u2019s hair before the exhibition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I took inspiration from traditions, cultural symbols, and childhood memories. It is a way to showcase my cultural background and uplift the people of Myanmar,&rdquo; she shared.<\/p>\n<p>Student designers Eleanor Osterloh and Marisa Kim also made bold statements on the runway with their collections, Bone House and Grit and Glitz.<\/p>\n<h2>A new chapter<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;Fashion changes, but style endures,&rdquo; said iconic clothing designer Coco Chanel. And so change has come for the long-running fashion exhibition at <abbr>FDM<\/abbr>. With a long and proud history within <abbr>FDM<\/abbr>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/Majors\/FDM\">family and consumer sciences department<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience<\/a>, organizers said next year it will return, revised and refreshed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216124\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-bone-house.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-bone-house.jpg\" alt=\"fashion show models\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-bone-house.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-bone-house-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-bone-house-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer Eleanor Osterloh\u2019s Bone House line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Department of Fashion Design and Merchandising hosted 59th annual fashion exhibition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":216124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[212,1420,476,423,9],"class_list":["post-216121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-family-and-consumer-sciences","tag-fashion","tag-fashion-design-and-merchandising","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/manoa-ctahr-fashion-show-2025-bone-house.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216121"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216123,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216121\/revisions\/216123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}