{"id":101394,"date":"2025-04-07T13:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=101394"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:10:43","slug":"uri-college-of-business-gearing-up-for-their-annual-spring-splash-fashion-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/uri-college-of-business-gearing-up-for-their-annual-spring-splash-fashion-show\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business gearing up for annual Spring Splash fashion show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 7, 2025 \u2013 Leo Tolstoy is renowned for his literary masterpieces, such as Anna Karenina <\/em>and War and Peace<\/em>. He famously remarked, \u201cSpring is the time for plans and projects,\u201d a sentiment that resonates profoundly with the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design. As spring approaches the department in the College of Business is gearing up for its annual Spring Splash fashion show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show is more than models walking down a runway. It is an encapsulation of students’ diligent efforts throughout the academic year. Many of the student designers took an independent study course, allowing them to conceptualize and ultimately bring their ideas to life. Volunteer models will walk down the runway exhibiting the designers\u2019 creativity on Sunday, April 27<\/strong>, in the Memorial Union Ballroom. Doors open at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStudents get the opportunity to create a collection, or they can just create one garment,\u201d said Susan Hannel, associate professor of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hannel notes that there is usually a diversity of styles that are typically presented. Of the 20 or so students who\u2019ll be showing off their work, there will be about 36 garments presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year’s Spring Splash will showcase the work of approximately 20 student designers\u2014most of them students within the College of Business’ Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design. Amy Page DeBlasio \u201815, who participated in the show as an undergraduate and is the founder Amy Page DeBlasio Designs based in Providence, will serve as this year’s master of ceremonies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The show provides a platform for students to display their creations in an engaging and imaginative manner. They oversee every aspect, from design and fabric selection to choosing the models who will display their garments. For many students, their designs tell a story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou’re putting the whole look together, and that is a type of creativity,\u201d says Hannel. \u201cSome students start from a very basic illustration, then create patterns and sew the garment, while others use commercial patterns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s master of ceremonies will be 10 Under 10 Award<\/a> winner and fashion designer Amy Page DeBlasio \u201815 who participated in the show as an undergraduate and considers her return a rewarding full-circle moment. DeBlasio is the founder of a contemporary fashion label<\/a> based in Providence that bears her name. Since her time on campus, DeBlasio has returned to several Spring Splash Fashion Shows and found it incredible to see how the event has evolved\u2014each year becoming more dynamic, more ambitious, and more inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember feeling afraid of making a collection, putting it out there, and not having faith in myself as a designer,\u201d said DeBlasio. \u201cBut Dr. Hannel was so encouraging, and Karl Aspeland was incredibly complimentary about the collection I had created\u2014especially how I paid attention to every single detail. That gave me the confidence boost I needed to participate in Spring Splash and eventually turn my dreams into a career. I\u2019m forever grateful.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kendall Leuven, Ella Manero, and Rob Palumbo are among the students who will be showcasing their garments this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leuven draws her inspiration from a blend of historical periods and technology. She plans to infuse a 1920s-inspired dress with a computer chip aesthetic. The senior from Hampton, New Hampshire<\/strong>, said she chose the 1920s due to the parallels between the issues faced then and now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI started off wanting to do a 1920s-inspired garment since it’s the 2020s,\u201d says Leuven. \u201cAnd then I saw this one dress from Schiaparelli, and it’s made entirely out of computer chips.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Leuven, creating garments sits right in the middle of creativity and math. Precise measurements are crucial for garment fitting, especially since Leuven will model her own creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I’m making my dress, I want to walk in it,\u201d said Leuven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help marry her two inspirations, she is incorporating green lines and boxes into the dress. She says the hardest part is going to be beading the dress and ensuring it has that flash of a computer chip but still has the flair of a 1920s dress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palumbo is going in a different direction. Instead of drawing inspiration from technology, he\u2019s drawing inspiration from what some of that technology sits in, appliances. Palumbo prioritizes functionality as much as fashion. The Cape Cod<\/strong> native draws inspiration from his family\u2019s former appliance business. He\u2019s planning on showing five pieces at the fashion show, incorporating denim and canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe idea is to create what would be a uniform for employees of an appliance business, but sort of like a higher fashion version of a uniform,\u201d said Palumbo. \u201cI want to be able to make something that will stand the test of time and be able to hold up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s helped him over the last semester and a half is his sewing skills. He said that it can be challenging to get into the sewing lab for long periods at a time and instead decided to get his own sewing machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt’s been a lot of fun to have this idea that you see on paper, and you go, \u2018wow, this looks cool,\u2019\u201d says Palumbo. \u201cThen to continue on and get it to where it’s a physical thing that you can hold, and wear is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Palumbo, Manero\u2019s interest in fashion was influenced by her family \u2013 her mother, who is also a designer. She\u2019s worked for brands like Patagonia and Timberland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’ve grown up kind of watching her and helping her do fittings and stuff like that,\u201d said Manero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she was thinking about what to do, she drew inspiration from spring and nature. After learning that one of her friends who goes to college in Massachusetts was doing a lot with natural dyes, the Eliot, Maine<\/strong> native decided to utilize natural dyes in all three of her pieces for the Spring Splash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her second year as part of Spring Splash, Manero has been able to enjoy a little more autonomy in her designs and has enjoyed the challenge of working with and learning about natural dyes., She hopes the colors will turn out as envisioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cResearching the dyes and learning the background and history of how all of these things have come to be has been really cool,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To purchase tickets for Spring Splash, visit the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation and Alumni Engagement website<\/a>. General admission is $25. 溏心vlog免费B站 student admission is $10. There is also limited VIP seating available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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