City College of San Francisco threw its eighth annual fashion show last week, in the campus' new Wellness Center. Bleachers were crowded with students sporting an array of shiny pants, dirndls, ruffles and fishnet flourishes that reflected major interest in the subject at hand.
The show's energy and pizzazz were all the more impressive because it was totally student-produced, and I was also captivated by descriptions of the student designers provided in the program.
City College has more than 100,000 students, with 100,000 backgrounds, including Sara Axelrod, a Google ad saleswoman with a bachelor's degree; Stefanie Barriere, Jonathan Ochoco and Linda Lingren are lawyers; Lauren Davidson is a faculty assistant at UCSF; Shelly Foster has a bachelor's degree from Stanford and a San Francisco State teaching credential; Liza Hebb has a degree in biology; Ukraine-born Olena Holoulina works at the Ukrainian Consulate and has a master's in computer science; Caroline Jacopy, from France, has a degree in sociology; Juliana Loo is an Abraham Lincoln High School student ... I can't mention every one. But City College makes following one's passion affordable to all.
P.S.: Elisa Stephens, president of the Academy of Art University, which held its own polished fashion show a few weeks ago, was there cheering on the City College students, and announcing that her institution was giving a full scholarship to CCSF student Antonio Luna.
