Beyond Fashion

Beyond Fashion

Every year the Vignelli Center for Design Studies sponsors an annual and much anticipated event, Beyond Fashion. A celebration of design and community, Beyond Fashion weaves together a diverse collection of garments crafted by select local designers and students from RIT College of Art and Design’s Metal and Jewelry Design and Industrial Design.

2024

Theme: On the Table

The 2024 Beyond Fashion event is titled ‘On the Table’, paying tribute to Vignelli designs that exist on the tabletop. This theme asks designers to leave nothing on the table.

‘In arranging a table, it is important to be complex–not complicated, but complex in one’s reference’
-Lella Vignelli

Model at Beyond Fashion 2024
Beyond Fashion 2024 Runway and Graphics
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Two Models at Beyond Fashion 2024
Model walking at Beyond Fashion 2024
Model at Beyond Fashion 2024
Model walking at Beyond Fashion 2024

 

Student Participants

Involved groups/designers:
Oro Designs
RIT New Media Design
Gates Andrews
RIT Soft Studio
JST
RIT Metals and Jewelry
Pat Pauly
RIT Fabrick


Oro Designs Models:
Valentina Scottini
Jasmine Khamphanthiath
Pia Mier Y Teran
Chris Baron
Will Myhalenko
Charles Parker
Liam Breakell
Gretchen Wehr


Oro Designs Design Team:
Grayson Garver
Sophia Pries
Hailey Moore
Emily Menna
Irene Tu
Maya Probeck


New Media Design Participants:
Lily Kniseley
Tina Lin
Morgan Best
Rachel Sisson
Grace Campbell
Farah Ahamed
Jason Arena


New Media Design Team:
Zane London
Will Mruz
Zach Glidden
Jackson Palmer
Liam Breakell


Gates Andrews Models:
Wren Andrews
Zack Punturiero
Dylen Harbison
Ian Field
Gates Andrews
Kasim Wallace
Abdullah Sakayl
Katherine Hansson


Gates Andrews Design Team:
Danielle Antonacci
Vaishy Ravichandar
Lasya Josyula
Genevieve Cox


RIT Soft Studio Student Designers:
Maya Bochnik
Ella Carnes
Isabella Heffron
Yuejia Luo
Emily Ohl
Joanne Tong


RIT Soft Studio Design Team:
Adam Dunn
Aeris Peng
Noa Spanier
Mithali Bajore
JST Models:
Yusra Khalid
Aaliah De Gale
Samantha Cox
Macie Joliffe
Jaqueline Whittman
Jenell Hall
Rachel Marriott
Harmonie Sango


JST Design Team:
Mason Marlowe
Dayne Stein
Mary Clements
Anahita Chemparathy
Ysabella Amurao
Jessica Reminder


RIT Metals and Jewelry Student Designers:
Marcia Liu
Ruorui Mu
Yuntian Zhou
Soph Shufelt
Sierra Apicella
Kate Seckar
Lucy Angrisano
Ariel Li
Charlotte Partin


RIT Metals and Jewelry Design Team:
Abby Hart
Sadie Holland
Michelle Arevalo
Mars Cazer
Pat Pauly Models:
McKenzie Lam
Gabrielle Payne
Zevez Zalay
Liliana Cavendish
Katie Stanley
Sara Munoz
Sophia Sosa
Sophia Pries


Pat Pauly Design Team:
Leah Healy
TJ Hampton
Leanne Pelaez
Kaitlyn Kavanagh
Ace Biggs


RIT Fabrick Student Designers:
Christopher Rose
Jacob Yoon
Zipporah Teppo
Gaby Douzet
Gabrielle Pantelle
Edward Elliot
RIT Fabrick Design Team:
Olivia Williamson-Britton
Gaby Douzet
Jessica Hall
Bryan Bigham


Production Team:
Brandon Riley
Yohemery Kpodo
Valentina Scottini
Stacy Nethery
Maddy Schoenfeld

 

New Media Design Graphics:
Abby Hart
Sadie Holland
Michelle Arevalo
Mars Cazer
Troy Ramiscal
Ivan Ochoa
Leah Healy
TJ Hampton
Leanne Pelaez
Kaitlyn Kavanagh
Ace Biggs
Grayson Garver
Sophia Pries
Hailey Moore
Emily Menna
Irene Tu
Maya Probeck
Mason Marlowe
Dayne Stein
Danielle Antonacci
Mary Clements
Anahita Chemparathy
Ysabella Amurao
Jessica Reminder
Olivia Williamson-Britton
Gaby Douzet
Jessica Hall
Bryan Bigham
Adam Dunn
Aeris Peng
Noa Spanier
Mithali Bajore
Zane London
Will Mruz
Zach Glidden
Jackson Palmer
Liam Breakell
Vaishy Ravichandar
Lasya Josyula
Genevieve Cox


Reporter Magazine Team:
Alyssa Neff
Adrian Dowd-Pettingill
Ysabella Amurao
Kath Hollembaek
Liam Conroe
Mariella Santiago
Nicole Arcila
Katie Ames
Gina Lee
Anh Vu
Natania Kerbs


Vignelli Center Team:
Josh Owen
Jennifer Whitlock


Graphic Design:
Hannah Nettikadan
Jolie Greco

Faculty:
Jason Arena
Melissa Dawson
Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez
Laurel Fulton
Kristy Boyce


Sponsors:
Brimar Industries
Shop One


Special Thanks:
Julia Abbonizio
Wendy Marks
Kurt Ingerick
Amanda Hughes
Andrew Sevigny
Eva Sarachan-Dubay
Todd Jokl
Aaron Garland
Felicia Swartzenberg
The Shop One Team
Keli DiRisio
Anna Videto
Zo Murray
R. Roger Remington
The Vignelli Planning Group
The HUB Team
RIT Auxillary Services
RIT University Gallery
MAGIC Spell Studios


Models:
McKenzie Lam
Gabrielle Payne
Zevez Zalay
Liliana Cavendish
Katie Stanley
Sara Munoz
Sophia Sosa
Sophia Pries
Yusra Khalid
Aaliah De Gale
Samantha Cox
Macie Joliffe
Jaqueline Whittman
Jenell Hall
Rachel Marriott
Harmonie Sango
Kasim Wallace
Abdullah Sakayl
Katherine Hansson
Valentina Scottini
Jasmine Khamphanthiath
Pia Mier Y Teran
Chris Baron
Will Myhalenko
Charles Parker
Liam Breakell
Gretchen Wehr
Camille Uadiale
Yixuan Xia
Three Lanzone
Shay Glover


Music:
Lucas Cleary


Production Assistants:
Erin Brophy
Grace Fairchild
Jennifer Saloutenko
John Curley
Patrick Okolo
Heartly Bauer


Documentation:
Ethan Bessinger
Bella Bullard
Maggie Canniff
Nakai Chinogwenya
Bethany Couture
Audrey Gangavan
Maizy Hanson
Gina Lehmann
Sam Su
Matias Ardila
Morgan Cashman
Chase Honahan
Michaela Ireland


MAGIC PAs:
Parker Long
Jack Barry
Roselyle Zhao
Jen Ford
Aidan Correll
Elizabeth Husarek

2023

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Theme: The Grid is Everything

Student Participants

RIT Fabricks
Jacob Yoon
Christopher Rose
Robbie Dyson
Bennett Hu
Sean Lyons
Eddie Elliot
Liam Breakell
Josiah “Jazz” Zehr
Gabrielle Payne
Gail Hooke
Molly Gershon
Dom Schmieder
Kiara Hall
Avani Higuchi
Andrew Lin
Joy Zeng
Kennedy Intihar

RIT Metals
Zixuan Ni
Ruichu Yu
Ruorui Mu
Yixuan Xia
Cece Plympton
Sophia Shufelt
Yuntian Zhou
Nastassia Witte
Kajel Snehalbhai Shah
Kai Forman

RIT Industrial Design
Natalie Faiola
Graham Freer
Bella Lancelotta
Alley Babcock
Josh Gleason
Gates Andrews

Designers
Wendy Marks
Pat Pauly
Andrew Scott
Margaret Manders
Rita DeNicuolo
Kelly Gampietro

Team
Etta Arnold, Producer
Emma Williamson, Producer
Alley Babcock, Content Producer
Maddy Schoenfeld, Executive Producer

 

RIT New Media Design
Farah Ahamed
Shaun Auriemma
Lauryn Beale
Morgan Best
Bryan Bigham
Chelsea Bishop
Kamy Bitely
Sara Chappel
Alexa Contreras
Ryan Costolnick
Grady Crossland
John Curley
Snigdha Das
JamieLynn Gallagher
Drew Genel
Katelin Griffin
Liana Grosser
Joseph Jimenez
Will Kettell
Lily Kniseley
Morgan Kong
Yohermry Kpodo
Cassidy Kress
Sydney Lewkowicz
Corina Lougie
Braelyn Mcfarland
Alexis Mildren
Patrick Okolo
Jon Orris
Lena Pang
Griffin Paradee
Allison Regnante
Nyasia Revill
Lily Rice
Brandon Riley
Jennifer Saloutenko
Heather Shields
Rachel Sisson
Noa Spanier
Caitlin Tak-Nguyen
Tyler Townley
Jaelin Vernon
Max Wakeling
Annelise Wall
Gwendolyn Williams
Joy Zeng

2022

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Theme: The Subway Map

Student Participants

RIT Fabricks
Bennett Hu
Robbie Dyson
Andrew Lin
Eddie Elliott
Jacob Yoon
Joy Zeng

RIT Soft Studio
Nolan Smith
Kevin Zhao
Cole Szczerbacki
Xiaodong Nie
Ginevra Godwin
Daniel Martinez

Team
Massimo Greco, Producer
Sophia Scaravillio, Producer
Maddy Schoenfeld, Executive Producer
Josh Owen, Director, VCDS

 


RIT Metal
Nastassia Witte
Ruorui Mu
Mingyu Han
Tori Wicksall
Sophia Shufelt
Stella Huang
Hannah Wilson
Kajal Shah
Yayan Zhang
Yixuan Xia
Madeeha Ahmad
Zixuan Ni

Designers
Jenna Gagnier
Abigail Benkovich

2021

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Theme: Vignelli

Student Participants

RIT Soft Studio
Robert Deane
Ariella Knight
Shen Liu
Jos Mayo
Evan Murphy
Tayo Oke
Jacqueline Qiu
Zaheer Shujayee
Anqi Zhu
Giacomo Barbero
Evangeline Crouch
Kiley Gallant
Gillian Gallets
Mikey Gambino
Phoebe Huey
Matt Kurkoski
Jake Leonardi
Xiaodong Nie
Lena Ohara
Gwen Riemer
Nathalie Simon


 

RIT Metal
Seojung Kang
Yuan Yuan Li
Yaoxuan Liu
Zixuan Ni

Designers
Jenna Gagnier
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Team
Julia Abbonizio
Maddy Schoenfeld
Josh Owen