Auburn University's Kappa Chi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha hosted a fashion show Thursday night. The show featured clothing lines made by Auburn students, graduates and local boutiques.
This was the first year the Kappa Chi's have hosted a fashion show. The show acted as a fundraiser for the sorority.
Denice Bailey, model in the show and junior in apparel and merchandise, said the show took about a month to plan.
Bailey said the show was originally supposed to be last semester, but the sorority was forced to reschedule.
"I enjoyed this, because it's my major and right up my alley," Bailey said.
Bailey said each model had about eight outfit changes.
Models displayed clothes from Ellie, MHD, Behind the Glass, Loveless, Yen Gang and three kingdoms of street style.
During intermission, hosts interacted with audience members and started dance competitions and mini-catwalks among attendees.
Tori Jones, senior in pre-medicine, organized the event and featured her own line of clothing, called Yen Gang, in the show.
"I think it came out fantastic," Jones said. "I'm really happy about the models and the hosts, they were really great. I think it was a really classy fun event, so I'm really excited and really happy."
Jones said the inspiration for her clothing line comes from her hometown of New Orleans.
"I like to be different," Jones said. "We're really eclectic and really fun with our dressing and I noticed when I came to Auburn people were like 'Oh my God' where did you get that from? So I said OK, I'm going to make my own line and I can provide those clothes that people ask me for."
The localized nature of the clothing lines drew in most of the crowd.
The Kappa Chi's said they hope to turn this event into an annual fundraiser for their chapter.
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