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By Jacob Slabosz, Managing Editor for Visuals April 29, 2023

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On Friday, The Fashion Network held a pop-up runway on the Main Quad. Approximately 35 models, all dressed in monochrome black attire, walked the show. — Jacob Slabosz
On Friday, The Fashion Network held a pop-up runway on the Main Quad. Approximately 35 models, all dressed in monochrome black attire, walked the show.

Araditta Iyer, junior in LAS, showed off promotional flyers for the third Circular Fashion Expo, which will be held on Friday. According to William Hohe, sophomore in FAA and president of TFN, the overall goal of the event was to promote CFE.3. — Jacob Slabosz
Araditta Iyer, junior in LAS, showed off promotional flyers for the third Circular Fashion Expo, which will be held on Friday. According to William Hohe, sophomore in FAA and president of TFN, the overall goal of the event was to promote CFE.3.

"We really wanted to do some really fun advertising things beyond just the realm of posters," Hohe said. "We wanted to do something fun that would both function as, like, a practice for the models for the runway, as in, like, not get distracted by people going like what is going on."
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(Ava Kolodziej, freshman in LAS) — Jacob Slabosz
"We really wanted to do some really fun advertising things beyond just the realm of posters," Hohe said. "We wanted to do something fun that would both function as, like, a practice for the models for the runway, as in, like, not get distracted by people going like what is going on."
(Ava Kolodziej, freshman in LAS)

"Something that we don't see a lot at U of I is, we don't really see people doing a runway on the (Main) Quad," Hohe said. "It's a very typical space for mass gathering, so for us it makes sense, but I don't think it's a thing that's ever been done before. And we really wanted to make our mark be confusing yet mysterious and also have people intrigued."
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(Helene Simmons (left), sophomore in Media, and Olivia Sims (right), junior in Media) — Jacob Slabosz
"Something that we don't see a lot at U of I is, we don't really see people doing a runway on the (Main) Quad," Hohe said. "It's a very typical space for mass gathering, so for us it makes sense, but I don't think it's a thing that's ever been done before. And we really wanted to make our mark be confusing yet mysterious and also have people intrigued."
(Helene Simmons (left), sophomore in Media, and Olivia Sims (right), junior in Media)

The theme of CFE.3 is "Dance Macabre, an allegory on horror," something that Hohe said much thought went into. — Jacob Slabosz
The theme of CFE.3 is "Dance Macabre, an allegory on horror," something that Hohe said much thought went into.

"So this specific theme revolves around horror as performing," Hohe said. "Danse Macabre is medieval song of the dead in French, and basically what it does is it's supposed to remind you about the frivolous nature of life and immortal nature of our being. In a similar way, we related that to the Circular Fashion Expo because the event itself is promoting a circular economy."
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(Delayna Hardimon, sophomore in AHS) — Jacob Slabosz
"So this specific theme revolves around horror as performing," Hohe said. "Danse Macabre is medieval song of the dead in French, and basically what it does is it's supposed to remind you about the frivolous nature of life and immortal nature of our being. In a similar way, we related that to the Circular Fashion Expo because the event itself is promoting a circular economy."
(Delayna Hardimon, sophomore in AHS)

Friday's show served as a brief introduction to the theme, but also allowed the models to express their own sense of style.
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"It relates to the horror theme, but it was a way for us to utilize some of our own personal styling, so all the models styled their own looks, which is really exciting," Hohe said.
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(Nandini Kuntamukkula, senior in Engineering) — Jacob Slabosz
Friday's show served as a brief introduction to the theme, but also allowed the models to express their own sense of style.
"It relates to the horror theme, but it was a way for us to utilize some of our own personal styling, so all the models styled their own looks, which is really exciting," Hohe said.
(Nandini Kuntamukkula, senior in Engineering)

Hohe hopes that CFE.3 proves a point about the practices in the fashion industry.
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"Thinking about the frivolous nature of fashion and trends, not that fashion is frivolous, but when we are consuming so much fashion waste, it is pretty frivolous when we think about the environment and making sure you're taking care of the earth that we inhabit," Hohe said. "So the theme works as a metaphor for the event's purpose."
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(Izzy Stefanek, sophomore in LAS) — Jacob Slabosz
Hohe hopes that CFE.3 proves a point about the practices in the fashion industry.
"Thinking about the frivolous nature of fashion and trends, not that fashion is frivolous, but when we are consuming so much fashion waste, it is pretty frivolous when we think about the environment and making sure you're taking care of the earth that we inhabit," Hohe said. "So the theme works as a metaphor for the event's purpose."
(Izzy Stefanek, sophomore in LAS)

Hohe hopes that CFE.3 inspires others in the community and in the industry.
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"Hopefully it comes across as a hopeful mission," Hohe said. "The whole purpose of the event is to show what's possible when we all come together as a creative community."
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(Helen Leventis, junior in FAA) — Jacob Slabosz
Hohe hopes that CFE.3 inspires others in the community and in the industry.
"Hopefully it comes across as a hopeful mission," Hohe said. "The whole purpose of the event is to show what's possible when we all come together as a creative community."
(Helen Leventis, junior in FAA)

To end the show, Hohe and Kailey Sedlacek, freshman in FAA, let the group on one final lap. — Jacob Slabosz
To end the show, Hohe and Kailey Sedlacek, freshman in FAA, let the group on one final lap.

Jake Besic, sophomore in LAS. — Jacob Slabosz
Jake Besic, sophomore in LAS.

Kailey Sedlacek (left), freshman in FAA, and William Hohe (right), sophomore in FAA. — Jacob Slabosz
Kailey Sedlacek (left), freshman in FAA, and William Hohe (right), sophomore in FAA.

Sharika Majeti, junior in LAS.

Sophie Hass, sophomore in Education.

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