Silver Needle Runway Team Plans for In-Person and Virtual Production
The SNR 33 in Person Fashion Show, the last in person show before the pandemic. Photo Credit: Nicole Iuzzolino
With the spring semester commencing, and COVID-19 still rampant, an annual, highly-anticipated Marist College production is underway: the Silver Needle Runway. The team is preparing for a virtual show as well as an in-person production, set to take place on May 22.
While the theme, “Illusion,” has been announced, other details about the logistics and location have yet to be disclosed. According to the show’s Instagram account, “...this year it’s not just about the garments. It’s about the people behind the designs and the faces behind the production...we are able to create a brand identity and dig below the surface of the glamorous life the fashion industry projects. There is more to a fashion show than what meets the eye.”
This will be the 35th SNR production, its second during a pandemic. Last spring, the production quickly transitioned from an in-person show to a virtual format after the Marist campus shut down. With one online show down, this year’s fashion show production class is working around the class to keep the department’s tradition alive.
“There really is such a big sense of community,” Julia Kisilinsky ‘22, a member of the SNR creative team, said. “We all bounce ideas off of each other, we critique one another, we comment, we praise, so it is really a nice way of getting affirmation to be able to improve upon your work and ideas and the whole creative process.”
As a creative writing assistant for SNR, it is Kisilinskys’ job to put together a storyline for the production, while working with 10 other team members and directors to make sure everything runs smoothly. She was off to work the minute the production course began, creating Pinterest boards for inspiration and looking up music to go along with the SNR theme, as well as creating the overall message, characters and scenarios that will later be filmed and edited.
Kisilinsky and the rest of her creative team have further ideas and concepts coming down the pike, and they are ready to show everyone what they have been working on.
“All I am going to say is that everyone should be prepared to look inward at themselves and see what it is that they are putting out in the world,” Kisilinsky said. “We are in dire times right now and all that matters in kindness and just treating people with respect...I think it is safe today that this will be our most creative show and production we have had thus far.”