It’s no secret that rural Idaho isn’t a fashion capital of the West Coast. Historically, the world isn’t being influenced by trends, patterns or new ideas coming from local areas.
However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for style.
Isaac Hackman and Logan Rausch, seniors at Shelley High School, hosted a sustainable fashion show for their senior projects last week.
“We’re showing that you can still dress good, and how you want to on a budget,” said Hackman.
The pair used already-purchased clothes to create personalized outfits for their models, demonstrating that it doesn’t matter how much money someone has or their wardrobe size: There is always a way to stun.
“We styled everyone based off of their own clothes. Based off their own clothing, we tried to make everybody look like they were sporting a different vibe,” said Rausch.
Several styles were represented: casual, business and date night were just a few of the many on display.
It started with a small idea of a fashion show. Hackman and Rausch both enjoy dressing in their personal styles, and figured it would be an easy project to put together a project that reflected that.
Three months later, they were finally ready for their “easy” project to shine.
“I think that it was worth the preparation. Things still obviously came down to the wire because me and Isaac are teenage procrastinators, but I think it was definitely worth the time,” Rausch said.
After Hackman came up with the general idea for the project, Rausch decided to narrow it down, centering it around affordable fashion tricks. This made the project more affordable for them and showed a different side of their creativity and collaboration with others.
Their next step was to find models. Using fellow students, they put together a list of several people who were willing to help with their project. They went through each of their model’s clothes and started planning lists of potential outfit ideas and aesthetics they could cover from their content.
“(The models) had a little bit of input, but it was mostly us that really built them,” said Hackman.
Rausch remembers telling Hackman how important he thought it was to make sure everyone would represent their own personal styles.
Out of the 17 outfits created, only 11 appeared in the show. In the four days leading up to the event, five of their models canceled, leaving them feeling a little bit stranded.
“Yelling at people about something, even if they have control over it, won’t get any more good from yelling at them,” Rausch said. Despite the last-minute changes, he and Hackman were able to pull everything together, still managing to impress the audience with their hard work and talent.
At the end of the show, they read off the purchase location and price details of each of the outfits, showing that just because something looks good doesn’t mean it has to break the bank. Utilizing local resources like thrift stores or even a friend’s closet can save money, time and resources.
As full-time students, Hackman and Rausch were proud of the work they put in and the results that sparked from it.
Feature image: Logan Rausch and Isaac Hackman smiling after the show. Photo credit: Frances Lay.
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