This past Thursday, Hass Gallery was host to the 7th annual Personal Adornment Day & Make-up Extravaganza. This event was wearable art, make-up and fashion exhibition put on by students in sculpture, theater and fabric design classes at the university. The works and make-up art were displayed is the form of a runway show, accompanied by artist chosen music preceded by the information on the piece and an artist statement.
There was a wide variety of memorable works, made from everything from traditional fabrics to Q-tips to pill bottles. Some of the works, such as Sunrise by Nicole Patton, were very traditional is design, although still very beautiful. Others, such as Sarah Sallade's Octopus, were much more silly and abstract compared to traditional clothing, making them seem more like costumes. The models did a fantastic job with acting, making the artist's intentions much more visible.
Two of the works that stood out to me the most were Megan Combs' Gown and The Photographer's Armor. Gown was a very simple dress that was many yards long. Despite it's unusual length, it was very elegant. Her other work, The Photographer's Armor, was constructed of over 1000 metal film canister rings to form somewhat of a chain mail that covered the model's face, and also formed wrist cuffs. The work looked very interesting on the model, dressed completely in black.
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