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QTC showcases Spring and Summer collection Quentin Tecumseh Collier, or Quinn has his friends call him, is a grade 11 South Kamloops Secondary student who has an eye for fashion. He has been designing and showcasing his collections with runway shows in his own house since he was in grade six and this year he has moved to a bigger venue. The QTC Spring/ Summer 2014 fashion show is set for February 1 at the Culinary Arts Building at Thompson Rivers University. “When I was younger, I wanted to do a fashion show but didn’t really know how to make clothing,” comments Quinn. “I did some fiddling around and soon my parents realized that I was serious and they signed me up for some sewing classes.” His first show was pinned together and made up mostly of his Dad’s old shirts, but it was the start of something great. Since then Quinn has grown as a designer and has been hosting two shows a year in his parents livingroom until this year. “They have gotten too big for my house,” says Quinn. “My living room can’t hold more than 100 people.” Thus came about the TRU venue option for the fashion show. Quinn’s mother introduced him to TRU literature professor Katherine Sutherland who then introduced him to Nic Zdunich of the TRU Pride Collec-
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Quinn at last year’s full house livingroom fashion show.
tive. Nic is Quinn’s event planner and got him into the Culinary Arts Building on campus. Quinn’s favourtie part about creating a collection is seeing the finished products: “I love seeing the clothing on the girls, just before they walk out on the runway.” The pinnacle is the perfection Quinn gets to create behind the scenes: this perfection, which he then gets to share with the public. The inspiration for his spring/ summer collection is ‘Girls Who
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