Fashion show, music to help cancer charity

Blame It On the Train runs Future Fashion Show Friday

By Brittany Wilson, contributing writer
Posted on November 8, 2007

Fashion, music and dance will fuse together for one big event this Friday: the Future Fashion Show. This event is being produced by the student-run organization Blame It On the Train. The organization aims to bring new and fresh music to the Harrisonburg area. 

The JMU Fashion Design team is co-sponsoring the event and putting on their first fall fashion show. The fashion show will feature three different collections including an urban line, cocktail dress and a pink and white themed line. The urban line will consist of a more “street” look with a classy edge, while the cocktail line will display a more dressy collection of clothing. The pink and white themed line will consist of all different types of clothes. The reason the pink and white color scheme was chosen is because all proceeds from the event will go to the Susan G. Komen organization.

All of clothing from these collections have been donated from various stores in the Valley Mall and put together by members of the JMU Fashion Design Team. Some of the members even designed certain pieces themselves.

“The best part of the show is that the clothes you are going to see on the models aren’t going to be thousands of dollars,” said junior Stephanie Weber, a model and member of the fashion club. “You can actual go buy what you see at the local mall.” 

The clothes have been loaned to the club from stores such as DEB, Rue 21, Maurice’s and Belk’s. Private designer, Los Banditos, is giving them some pieces and allowing them to use its logo.

“We want to get our name out there and bring a lot of different kinds of people together to have fun,” said junior Jasmine Banks, vice-president of the Fashion Club.

Jasmine credits their president, Laura Robertson, for working hard to make this fashion show successful. 

Not only will there be fashion at the event, but there will also be music. Blame It On the Train is bringing in musical group Future. Future is a hip-hop/experimental/blues group from Virginia who will be performing at the event. They will perform during, and after the fashion show. To learn more about Future go to Blame It On The Train’s Web site blameitonthetrain.org.

Other groups that will be taking the stage at the event are the Mozaic Dance Club and the JMU Breakdance Club.

The Future Fashion Show will take place at Rocktown Grill. Doors open at 7 p.m. and there will be a $10 cover charge that will include all the performances, the fashion show and free appetizers from 7:30-8:30. For those who are 21 or over, the bar will be open during the event.