Bring­ing the Art of Fash­ion to Maryville Uni­ver­sity

Maryville Uni­ver­si­ty’s own Style Coun­cil club is brand-new this se­mes­ter. The club was re­cently nom­i­nated for “Best New Or­ga­ni­za­tion” at the an­nual Golden Louies, an award that rec­og­nizes one no­table club that is new within the last 5 years. 

The club is based around fash­ion and the fash­ion in­dus­try. Pres­i­dent, China-Fumi Page ex­plains, “Fash­ion is like a cul­ture within a cul­ture and I feel like peo­ple don’t un­der­stand the busi­ness side of the in­dus­try.” 

Specif­i­cally, the coun­cil of­fers cloth­ing style tips for how to suc­cess­fully im­ple­ment fash­ion in the busi­ness world and learn pro­fes­sional dress­ing eti­quette.

“I want peo­ple to un­der­stand how fash­ion can even make a dif­fer­ence with get­ting jobs,” said Page. In ad­di­tion, the coun­cil of­fers a place to learn about and dis­cuss fash­ion and style in gen­eral. 

The group cur­rently col­lab­o­rates with Maryville’s Black Male Ini­tia­tive club and “Mocha Tea” group but are very ex­cited to di­ver­sify their mem­bers and wants any­one and every­one to join. “Be on the look­out! Feel free to join and par­tic­i­pate,” adds Page. 

The first ever Style Coun­cil Fash­ion Show is in the works which will take place when school re­sumes in the Fall. Tiana Bow­man, Vice Pres­i­dent of The Style Coun­cil, shares that she is “most ex­cited for the fash­ion show where we can have a lot of dif­fer­ent bou­tiques come out. I can’t wait for Maryville to come out and par­tic­i­pate in the show!” 

The group is also plan­ning cloth­ing and shoe ex­pos which will in­vite dif­fer­ent ven­dors to the cam­pus to sell their fash­ion items. The coun­cil also hopes to ben­e­fit the larger com­mu­nity with cloth­ing dri­ves. They will be col­lect­ing clean, lightly worn clothes for those in need. 

To keep up with The Style Coun­cil and learn more about up­com­ing events, fol­low them on in­sta­gram.