Professional Sightings

Panel where students were able to connect and network with alumni and learn industry norms. Madden Cook (left) Megan Leigh (right)

As part of the Event Planning Promotions team, I attended and worked the designer jury. This event includes models getting dressed in designers garments and photographed to then be judged and accepted for our final runway show.

Take notes and record measurements at the VCUarts model call. Also take photographs and create social media content for promotional materials.

I was a volunteer at Richmond Fashion Week. Volunteer duties included set up, dressing models, timing makeup & hair artists, and usher guests.

Team photo of the VCUArts Fashion Event Planning class. As promotions team lead, I successfully helped market the show to a sold-out event.

Pictured here is myself walking the flood with my event planning teammates at the fashion event, fully produced by a group of students.

As part of the EcoFashion Club as TikTok Lead, I was able to take a trip to New York to tour FabScrap and Fashion museums to further my knowledge on sustainable fashion practices.

Professional headshot taken at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ahead of the Access Fashion Event at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Attending the team closeout dinner following the Access Fashion Event to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the show for reporting purposes.

I attended the Creator’s Loft in New York during NYFW where I was specially invited by College Fashionista and HerCampus for networking and learning opportunities!

I had the pleasure of volunteering at Arts Hearts Fashion for New York Fashion Week, I am thankful to have been immersed in the world of Event Production.

As part of the Line Development course, I had the chance to tour Cotton Works Incorporated Facilities to learn more about cotton and modern technologies for sustainable textile production.

I graduated a semester early from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts with a concentration in Fashion Merchandising and a minor in Media Studies. I was able to complete this degree with the honors, Magna Cum Laude.

Myself and my peers created an interactive Olipop booth where visitors could play a memory matching game and have tastes test of the many flavors.

My group, Defiance after we presented our collaborative line with Vivienne Westwood. This line presented a transformative denim line using Cotton Incorporated techniques and utilizing CLO3D.