Tucson 2019 — MakeFashion Edu

Where: Dunbar Pavilion, Tucson, Arizona, USA
When: January 2019
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Tucson’s first MakeFashion Edu runway. Students from three Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) schools spent three months designing their own fashion tech before walking the runway. Their teachers, three veterans of the project-based learning program at Shenzhen American International School, brought MakeFashion Edu back to the US with them.

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La Muerta / El Muerto: student in a sugar-skull mask and an embroidered folklórico dress with lights in the skirt Midna: student in a silver horned helmet lit with LEDs and a bright orange wig The Rainbow: student in a tiara and fairy wings with a white dress dotted with colored lights Tickled Pink: student in a pale pink dress trimmed with hot-pink feather boas and a heart pendant Re-Imagine: student holding a recycling bin, in a skirt made from plastic bags strung with lights Something Amazing…: student in black with a glowing green tie and hatband and lit shoelaces El Jardín: student in a lime-green dress whose long train is covered in fabric flowers and lights Falling Stars: student in a blue wig and black skirt with lines of white LED stars Characters: two young students in cream outfits decorated with felt storybook characters and lights Bubble Wrap Backpack: student wearing a bubble-wrap backpack lit from inside Cloudy Skies: two students in white and pale-blue tulle skirts with fairy lights Frolic in the Flowers: student in antlers and a sheer cape covered in glowing paper flowers Purple Dragon: student in a dragon cape of purple fabric scales with a black dragon head Red Dragon: student in green with a glowing red dragon head and claws outlined in green LEDs Robo Ghost: student in a silver robe under a boxy robot head with round colored eyes Fashion in Flight: three high-school students holding a drone, its controller and a jacket Spring Formal: student inside a hoop-skirt frame hung with colorful lit paper flowers Starlight: student in a navy top and an iridescent skirt with light-up fiber-optic strands Dragon-headed cape with purple and white scale panels lit by fairy lights Student model inside a hoop skirt frame covered in glowing paper flowers Angular foam headpiece glowing purple teal and green over an orange wig Student model in blue sheer skirt with blue and white LED lights Adult and student in cream garments with glowing paper flowers Student in embroidered sugar skull mask with colorful floral costume Student in skeleton costume with glowing blue LED lights Two student models in cream garments decorated with illustrated fabric patches and lights Student model in an embroidered folklorico dress with a glowing sugar skull mask Student model showing off a light-up headband with pom-pom antennae Student with light-up antennae headband and illustrated LED costume Student in boxy robot costume with glowing LED eye lenses