ONLINE: Threads: React

press release: This year's Threads Design and Fashion Show, titled React, will stream live on the UW–Madison Threads Facebook page on Friday, May 1 at 7 pm (CST).

Headlines and history; colors and textures; intellectual explorations and lived experiences all spark our imagination. Through music, movement, and narrative, React will explore the ways we, as designers and students, respond to the world around us.

The online design and fashion event features creative works by 32 students in the Textiles and Fashion Design program. This year’s ground-breaking virtual student collaboration includes original music by UW–Madison students in The Studio's 2018-2019 cohort. A video DJ will live mix video clips, images, and music that students have created within the protocols of social distancing. Showcasing the work of over 30 designers, while under socially-distant conditions, has been no small feat. It is truly a unique real-world application opportunity.   “In September, when we developed this year’s creative direction, we had no idea how prophetic React would be,” said Savina Gomez-Kalidindi, a graduating senior in the School of Human Ecology’s Retailing and Consumer Behavior program. “Reacting to the global pandemic, our traditional runway fashion show is pivoting to be a virtual, collaborative event.” Visit the Threads website for more information and updates. Please join us online for this incredible, one-night-only showcase!