The Marquette Tribune
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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Bayanihan Student Organization hosts fashion show Celebrating the 25th annual “That 70’s Show” runway walk By Izzy Fonfara Drewel
isabella.fonfaradrewel@marquette.edu
Fashion is a great medium to express yourself without communicating a word. Humanity has designed ways to share these feelings with the world through the invention of fashion shows. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Bayanihan Student Organization’s Fashion Show. Since it is such a big event, the students wanted a theme to fulfill that; the theme for this year is That 70s Fashion Show. Michelle Cruz, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences explained how the theme ties into what music is played and features in a segment where the models will wear theme-inspired clothing. BSO is an organization on campus that aims to bring together students and educate them about Filipinx culture. The Fashion Show is designed to fundraise for a charity of BSO’s choosing, and, according to Cruz, over the years it has become Marquette’s largest student-led fundraiser. The show coordinators, Cruz and two other students, Gillianne Savella and Sean De Asis, both sophomores in the College of Engineering, started organizing the show in May. While she is only a sophomore, Cruz has experience from last year’s fashion show. “I was in the Opening, Cultural and Modern [segments] and that was pretty much my first exposure to BSO and Fashion Show,” Cruz explained. “I think that was what got me interested in becoming a Fashion Show coordinator; I wanted to be a bigger part of the process.” The organization collaborates with shops, such as Abakada, Milwaukee Home and All Goods, who lend clothing for the models. Additionally, to raise more money, BSO coordinated with restaurants around campus, including Serenitea and Tangled. The BSO Fashion Show is organized into several different categories; three for dance and
“None of us have actually seen four for modeling. Each dance amount. Cruz explained that the been working, and all the an in-person Fashion Show, so segment features different styles 2019 Fashion Show brought in coordinators,” Del Rosario said. it’s exciting that we get to see our including formal, cultural and around $3000-4000. While the pandemic didn’t first Fashion Show but also put it modern while each modeling Throughout the past few affect much this year, there was together,” Cruz said. portion has distinct genres of months, BSO’s members have significant impact left behind clothing such as casual and put in weeks of practice and from 2020. Cruz shared that The BSO Fashion Show will be sportswear. Gabriel Del Rosario, planning to present a riveting since all the social coordinators taking place in the AMU ballroom a first-year in the College of show for their audience. are sophomores, they have one Dec. 4. Remember to buy your Engineering, is involved with “I’m just excited for everybody Fashion Show under their belts, tickets this week to support BSO two segments, and he says that to be there and see how hard but it was virtual. However, and their dedication. participating in the event has been a we’ve been working, how they aren’t letting that hold great experience. hard the choreographers have them back. “I get so excited every week to go to practice,” Del Rosario said. “It’s been very crazy because it’s a lot of practice time, but it’s all been super fun for me. I know a lot of people are stressed, but when it comes down to it, when it’s show day, everyone is going to have a good time.” As the event nears, BSO will be selling tickets throughout the course of the week. They will be selling them in the Alumni Memorial Union from 2-4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The proceeds from the event will go to help a charity of BSO’s choosing. This year’s charity is FundLife International, which is a Philippinesbased organization that works to assist young women and children. “[FundLife’s] main focuses are … to help educate them and get them ready for the workforce, make sure they have the skills to be employed and succeed,” Cruz said. “During the pandemic, they altered their resources to help offer students without proper study environments at home; they gave them resources to learn.” BSO hopes to match the funds raised in Photo courtesy of BSO (@bsofashions on Instagram) 2019, but they would The fashion show will take place Dec. 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the AMU ballrooms. All proceeds will benefit FundLife. love to surpass that
Celebrating 25 years of style: Bayanihan Student Organization presents...
December 4th, 6-9 PM AMU Ballrooms All proceeds benefit FundLife
