UCI Costume Design partnered with the Laguna Art Museum to create a fashion show that featured the work of student, alum and faculty designers. Read an interview about it here The show was a major event in the museum’s annual Art + Nature Festival. Each designer partnered with a community organization actively involved with environmental or social justice to express that organization’s theme with a unique fashion.

LA Times Daily Pilot feature here

MFA Designer Ashley Morgan Photo by James Carbone

Best Overall Design: Alexis Jewell Brown BA ’24 partnered with Get Inspired, Inc

Best Use of Materials: Bell Hernandez BA ’27 partnered with Pacific Marine Mammal Center

Honorable Mentions: Ayrika Johnson MFA ’22 partnered with Laguna Art Museum, and Matthew Martinez MFA ’20 partnered with Boys & Girls Club