Fashion Design Club highlighted “states of being” at Friday night’s fashion show.

Damani Hough, the Fashion Club vice president, did the “state of being high profile.”

“I thought of the outfits before I thought of the ‘state of being,’” Hough said.

She said the club asked designers for a word and a description of what that word means to them. According to Damani, being high profile is highly sought after but rarely obtained. It’s like a rose trapped in a glass display, she said.

The club had vendors outside Torp Theater, from Cielv, who specializes in hand-carved jewelry, to 906 Vaby, who sold their latest streetwear drop.

Johnson and Wales University students Marleesa May and Moya Johnson said they came out to support a friend in the show.

May said she was excited to see what they were bringing and that the different outfits associated with the various states of mind all popped out.

Johnson, a fashion business and merchandising major, said she is very interested in fashion.

She said she likes seeing a model’s personality come through as they walk and express themselves down the aisle. Johnson said she has been in fashion shows and is excited to see it from an audience’s point of view.

CCSU Student Jade Shaheed said she feels like the show is going well.

“Not as good as ASO [African Student Organization], but definitely pretty good,” Shaheed said. “I’d come again.”