40 designs hit the runway at annual WVHS newspaper fashion

May 23, 2024

Warwick Valley High School art students presented their annual Newspaper Fashion Show on Wednesday. The runway show included 40 student-designed garments, each created using newspaper as their primary “textile.”

The event has grown to become one of the school’s most anticipated events of the spring season, and this year’s show drew a huge crowd of students, faculty and families. This year’s fashion show theme was “alternative rock,” and many of the designs reflected fashion forward cues from the music world

“We love this event year after year, not just for the excitement of the memorable runway moments, but for the creativity and ingenuity it brings out in our students,” said art teacher Kristen Spano. “What these students are able to pull off — manipulating paper to create durable base layers, layering, folding rosettes, creating delicate details and features — it’s just incredible. The energy they’ve put into this year’s projects has been off the charts, and it was wonderful to see so much support from the students’ peers and their families today.”

Multiple WVHS departments collaborated on Wednesday’s event: Kirk Thomas’ Communications class, which provided music and videography; Kathleen Bettello’s Cosmetology students did hair and makeup; Rocco Manno and his students handled set design and set-up; Ed Avila’s Criminal Justice class provided security; Nicole Sisco and Anna Penny’s classes created a 100-yard chalked runway; Nancy Colgan and Michelle Elmer’s students provided the floral arrangements. .

Here is a look at the designs. A list of designers is included below.