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‘Black Mirror’ project reflects on lack of racial diversity in fashion media
By Kayla Boyd
December 12, 2016 - 5:51pm
A black model has recreated popular ad campaigns of some of the top models in the country.

How would you feel if you went to a job interview and after a few minutes the hiring manager says, “It was great speaking with you, but we already have someone of your race working here.” Ouch, right? That’s how New York City based model Deddeh Howard feels and that’s the inspiration behind her “Black Mirror” project.

The Essence of Art fashion show presents how art meets fashion
By Zhan Lin
April 18, 2016 - 1:25pm
The dark downtown night welcomed a sparkling fashion show on Saturday.

More than 200 people gathered to see the chemistry between fashion and art at LSK Modeling and Events Company’s Essence of Art fashion show Saturday night at The Vault.

"School Daze" dazzles
By Katy Beals
April 17, 2015 - 6:52pm
Supermodel and Syracuse University alumna, Emme, headlines the eighth annual fashion and beauty communications milestone fashion show.

The Syracuse University Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone students put on their fashion show, “School Daze: Fashion and Education,” at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium on Friday, April 10. Supermodel Emme, an SU alumna, headlined the event with a passionate speech addressing the need to include average-sized women in the fashion industry.

Diversity hits the fashion runway at Newhouse
By Danielle Odiamar
April 4, 2011 - 11:23am
On Friday, dozens of models walked the runway in the Newhouse 1 lobby for the fifth annual Fashion Communications Milestone fashion show.

Nearly 100 students crowded into the lobby of Newhouse I on Friday night, eagerly anticipating the start of the fifth annual fashion communications show: “Fashion Follows Form: Fashion and Diversity.”

This year’s fashion show celebrated versatility in the fashion world. The hour-long show marked the fifth anniversary of the Fashion and Beauty Communications Milestone, a joint program between the fashion department in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Newhouse that allows students to take courses geared to fashion communications.