The Black Student Alliance (BSA) at UNA hosted its seventh annual fashion show April 18 in the GUC Performance Center. BSA gives 25 percent of the proceeds from the event each year to the Boys & Girls Club.

Models wore hand-crafted clothing, as well as clothing from local boutiques, Belk, Gap and Maurices.

Casting calls for the fashion show started in November, with three at the end of fall semester and one at the beginning of spring semester. Practices started between the third and fourth week of January.

“Prior to this year, every model that has come to the casting calls has been able to walk,” said Tyree Whitson, BSA vice president. “Next year, we will take stricter measures of who we let walk.”

Ward Modeling Troop from Alabama A&M and Vintage Dollz from Huntsville modeled in the show as well.

The fashion show opened with a voice-over of BSA President Alonzo Dukes welcoming the audience to the show. The event consisted of three categories: Black and White, Urban and VIP.

Alvin Sawyer, MC of the show, gave away six gift cards during intermission to audience members who took their shot at modeling.

“The fashion show was a great success,” said Lauren Blue, BSA model. “Everyone came together to make the show amazing. (Tyree Whitson) did a fabulous job with all the categories of the show. I hope that we can top it next year.”

“Every year, the fashion show has to be better than the previous ones,” Whitson said. “I made a promise to the models that it would be a show they wouldn’t forget. I had no idea that the fashion show would be as good as it was this year. The turnout from the audience was phenomenal. To hear people say good things about the show and how well organized and put together it was means a lot.”

Feedback from students in the audience was positive.

“The fashion show was much better than I expected it to be,” said Symone Edwards, UNA student. “It was a great show and I loved it. I think it was a good way to raise money for the Boys & Girls Club because it had a really good turnout.”

“I thought the fashion show was great,” said UNA student Alexis Moore. “I really enjoyed the different categories.”