When the Tiger Stadium lights dim and game day comes to a close, she steps off the field not only as a colorguard athlete, but as a fashion designer who looks to tell a different kind of story.
Sophie Rangel, a senior textiles, apparel and merchandising major at LSU, creates her own custom clothing items when she’s not performing for the colorguard team during football and spring competition seasons.
Rangel first piqued an interest in colorguard her freshman year of high school when one of her friends on the team convinced her it would be fun to try out. While said friend left the team shortly after Rangel joined, she decided to stay anyway and eventually fell in love with the sport…