“VCUarts Fashion has made my work into a minstrelsy,” read a post by third-year student Taylor Hodge last Thursday — less than a week before the annual VCUarts Fashion and Merchandising show at the VMFA.
Fashion design and merchandising students submitted their works in hopes of being selected for the fashion show, something usually seen as an opportunity for students to share skills they have been harnessing at VCU.
When submitting their work, students are asked to fill out a comment card for any specifics they had about their work and how they would like to see it displayed. One of the sections asked if there were any cultural considerations to be taken into account…