The international jazz festival “Kaunas Jazz” is taking place in Kaunas, which the organisers started with the event “Jazz Fashion”. On the stage, located in the shopping and entertainment centre “Akropolis”, models took to the stage, presenting clothing collections designed by students of the Fashion Design study programme of Kauno kolegija Higher Education Institution, Faculty of Arts and Education, dedicated to the memory of Indrė Jučaitė, the organiser of the festival.
“27 years ago, while preparing for the 6th “Kaunas Jazz” festival, its creator Jonas Jučus had the idea to shelter young fashion designers under the wing of the festival. And since then, every year, talented young fashion designers have the opportunity to show what they have created. It‘s wonderful, because the presentation of the collections takes place on a professional podium, with high-quality music playing, with the help of professional lighting,” says Marina Kolesinskienė, coordinator and choreographer of “Jazz Fashion”.
Until this year, the “Jazz Fashion” event took place on an open-air stage. This year, a new space was chosen. The models used the escalators in the shopping and entertainment centre “Akropolis” from the fourth floor to the third floor, where the catwalk was located. The visitors of the shopping centre, who did not know that the “Kaunas Jazz” event was taking place here, were satisfied that they unexpectedly had the opportunity to see the interesting collections created by young people and the invited guest – designer Julija Dremėnienė. The image for the collection models was created by the students of the Image Design study programme of the Faculty of Arts and Education.
“Students of the Fashion Design study programme design clothing collections, create unique fabric designs using modern technologies, actively participate in various fashion events, and every year models show their collections successfully on the podium of the “Jazz Fashion” event to the rhythm of music,” said Violeta Dobrovolskienė, coordinator of the Image Design study programme.
Read more about the collections of young designers presented at the event “Jazz Fashion” on the news site www.lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian).
Photo by R. Vilkelis.
Article based on www.lrytas.lt information.
