2014
MISSION
VISION
FASHION
Art2Wear (A2W) is celebrating its 13th year
A2W’s vision is to challenge our audience
At A2W, we define fashion as: A product
as a student-organized runway show that
and designers to question the boundaries
or sculptural piece that interacts with
presents fashion, costume and wearable
and conventional definitions of “fashion.”
the body and serves as either a cultural
sculpture created by the students of the
We seek to explore new fashion ground and
artifact, an artistic expression, a reflector of
NC State University College of Design
create new design pathways by encouraging
society, an outward illustration of a person’s
and College of Textiles. This annual event
our students to blend their technical skill
identity (including but not limited to social
hosted by the NC State College of Design,
with innovative technology.
class, religion, and ethnicity), a starter of
in collaboration with the College of Textiles,
revolutions, an economic building block, a
attracts an audience of 4,000 and growing
basic human need, or a body covering.
each year.
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