CFC Booklet

Welcome to In Retrospective Forethought, the Cornell Fashion Collective’s 39th Annual Spring Runway Show. We invite you to enter into this mindscape of fashion, where you will watch our designers’ creations reminisce of the past while moving forward to forge new ideas.

Our first level designers will take you through their revamp of the history of fashion, to the suggestion of its future by our second level designers.

The show will end with our third and fourth level designers’ individual collections, which you can read about in the following pages.

About CFC The Cornell Fashion Collective, formerly the Cornell Design League, is a student-run organization that provides members of the Cornell community with an outlet to express creativity in fashion, management, and event production. Since its founding in 1984, our organization presents a professional runway show each spring, featuring the talent of students who both design apparel and manage the operations of the show. CFC has grown to have over 180 members representing all 7 of Cornell’s undergraduate colleges and 2 graduate colleges.

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Executive Board

Devin Schneider, President

Anna Paaske, Creative Director

Sarah Kim, VP of Finance and Logistics

Mattie Nguyen, Director of Design 1/2

Angela Lan, Director of Design 3/4

Drew Brown, Assistant Director of Design

Jasmine Chang, Director of PR

Julia Roos, Model Coordinator

Nikolas Martin, Director of Graphics

Executive Board

Rani Sheth, Secretary

Sam Curtis, Director of Photography

Chris Jang, Merch Chair

Cardinal Robinson, Merch Chair

Kimberly Phoenix, Faculty Advisor

Nina Pofcher, Social Graphics Chair

Level 1: In Retrospect Maria Serra Almveida Leite Maya Abrol Elliot Lee Camila Tedesco Ana Mocklar Gabriel Wolf-Velarde Lily Winagle Mikayla Gutierrez Mallory Watts Kylie Gillen Grace Crowell Linda Trinh Ryan Wang Zoe Alvarez Amanda Pinto Nikolas Martin Charlotte Chapman Ashley Kim Grace Downing Roy Park Ethan Drake Isabella Schorn Alexis McMurray Marcus McDermott

Level 2: Forethought Drew Brown Mattie Nguyen Sadie Kaufman Lila Frost Iasia Henderson Zada Stuart Jane Dexter Jack Dobosh Mia Bachrack Cleah Dyer Raquel Coren Jianing Zhao

Music by Danel Donaeva

Level 3 Collections Beckett Fine, Scratch Ashlyn Lee, Quiddity Cardinal Robinson, Chris Jang, Vacant Rani Sheth, Cut Out Andrea Cheon, A Perpetual State of Introspective Flux

Andy Kim, Curves & Lines Nancy Wang, Instrument of Illusion Frey Ranaldo, Androgyny and Anonymity

Level 4 Collections Mel Harlie Miller, In the Absence of Scarlet This final year collection accompanies a study on the paradigm of sex and violence throughout classic cinema; and, the relative degrees of femininity. Allow your imagination to roam along themes of curiosity, temptation, subversion, crimes of passion, corruption, distortion… Classic cinema has, since the beginning, glorified patterns surrounding violence, enabling a rather seductive nature and ambience. This is where her research begins.

Maisie McDonald, Convergence by Play Experimental knitwear designer who plays with color, soft sculpture, and unique textures

Yuchen Jessie Jiang, Recognization Yuchen Jessie Jiang has interests in couture womenswear and virtual fashion, and hopes to integrate in her American Chinese cultural background, along with her passions in graphic design, photography, and fine art. Her design philosophy is to push people to accept themselves in whatever form that means to them. Through her clothing, she is taking the steps to find and create her own identity, free from societal standards and expectations.

Level 4 Collections Nadine El Nesr, The Day is a Dream, The Night is Real Nadine is a high-fashion luxury designer creating innovative pieces that seamlessly blend techniques of sculpting, art-making, draping, and design practices. Her latest collection is inspired by the captivating allure of the night and incorporates a sleek sportswear aesthetic blended with an avant-garde twist. With unwavering attention to detail and a drive to push boundaries, each piece is a stunning representation that reflects her unique perspective and vision, curated to leave a dramatic and lasting impression.

Alli H Park, Second Skin Inspired by the cyclical relationship between feminine freedom and lingerie, Second Skin aims to re-contextualize the skin through representation of the dynamic struggle for autonomy suffused by love, lust, betrayal, rejection, loneliness, and alienation in the truth.

Those bearing feminine bodies are forced into a narcissistic relationship with society, by society. Those who defy are judged.

Those who conform are rewarded with a sickly “love,” consisting of obsession, objectification, violation.

Embrace effortful beauty: the perfect truth is gained by clawing through the dirt and the muck of hypocrisy, control, and social acceptance, the opiate of the masses.

Level 4 Collections Katherine Hogan, The evolution and distillation of 1950s era fashion: in comparison and contrast of the New Look Katherine plans to pursue a career in bridal following her graduation this year, so for her final collection She has designed a line of bridal wear. The collection consists of 6 pieces and features hand stitched appliqués, embellishments, and beadwork. The inspiration stems from the 1950s shifts in fashion, and the evolution to modern looks.

Aidan Collins, Gregowicz His menswear collection—combining American Western motifs with European refinement—is solely composed of leather, silk, and wool. Many of the garments experienced a series of chemical treatments to impart specific aesthetic finishes. Dedicated to Collins’ grandfather.

Creatives Alexandria Fennell Ariel Zheng Daniel Newman Ellie Park Erin Choi Erin Yoon Grace Myers Isabella Chung Kyle Lau Liam Liao Olivia Santos Huertas Omar Leon Oscar Callamari Abrams Pat Li Prisha Singhal Ruth Kim Ryan Issa Sakeef Kibria Sarah Smith Shea Kinader Susan Cook Tanya Fan Wen Yu Chen Will Ritter Yoona Oh

Business Ops Aleks Cornforth Angela Chung Anjali Kumar Ashlyn Dumaw Ben Gleeman Brianna Lewin Camille van Seventer Clarke Hicks Domenic Varma Elizabeth Friedberg Eric Ahn Felice Cheng Gabrielle Sorgie Inah Jung Inah Jung Janella Clarke Jas Kan Jasmine Chang Jilian Andreesen Kallen Paige Madelyn Yu

Madison Jones Maria Alexopoulos Marilyn Ung Mason Cuza Michaela Kroll Mika Cassou-Souvre Nia Williams Ramyanee Mukherjee Rosie George Ruth Beinhacker Sid Dahiya Tabitha Mueller Thami Hamzane Zoe Rukowsky

Sponsors Our show would not be possible without the generous contributions of many; we cannot thank our sponsors enough for providing members of our organization with an outlet to express and share their creativity. We would like to recognize the following sponsors:

Lindsey and Jeff Boyd The Neborak Family Joel and Connie Andreesen Samantha Chang Wykoff Daniel and Susanne Hogan Amanda Teitler Elizabeth O’Neill Otero Tim and Esther Paaske Scott Pofcher Eric Roos Niccole Siegel Kroll Stella Chen-Jung Li Gwen Whiting Eric Blair-Joannou Lynn Kroll Brand and Evan Drake Michelle Dowling Johnson Susan Roos Frances Kozen Amola Bagri Michelle and Andrew Schneider Kimberly Phoenix Lauren M Sweder Mary Lynch Laurine Sieminski