Annual Benefit Fashion Show

REFRACT: 31st Annual Benefit Fashion Show

Remember. Reset. 

Refract.

/rəˈfrak(t)/

verb. (of water, air, or glass) make a ray of light change direction when it enters at an angle

How can you use your voice to bend, alter, and illuminate? Ignite change, stimulate dialogue, or convey a full spectrum of possibility? In a stream of voices we dare to question what brought us to this point and begin to pave a new path. We dilate the community values we already hold dear. We break from the stream of monotony, apathy and disillusion. We welcome a bright light of optimism for the future and a deep appreciation of the past.

 

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The Annual Benefit Fashion Show

is officially in its 3rd decade, and with it a rush of new realities in the world around us. For the 31st Annual Benefit Fashion Show (ABFS), we take the past and flip it on its head; reinventing what it taught us and what we can become because of it. We REFRACT, bending and breaking boundaries, twisting traditions, and expanding expectations to become something familiar but new. 

Curated, created and directed by MICA students, this annual tradition features practical and outrageous creations by students from a wide array of majors and backgrounds. 

Founded by Dr. Frankie Martin thirty-one years ago in collaboration with the BSU, ABFS raises essential funds for student scholarships, empowering the next generation of creative leaders.

Support, celebrate, and be inspired.

Artist
Olive Revis
Credit

Photo: Alaina Lurry ('26) & Dani Lopez ('25)

Artist
Simone Isip
Credit

Photo: Alaina Lurry ('26) & Dani Lopez ('25)

Artist
Jungho Bae
Credit

Photo: Alaina Lurry ('26) & Dani Lopez ('25)

Artist
Sabrina Ortega
Credit

Photo: Alaina Lurry ('26) & Dani Lopez ('25)

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Student Designers:

Aarya Motghare & Aymi Aytkazina

Roots Reimagined

Aarya Motghare & Aymi Aytkazina

Ashley Kim

METAMORPHOSIS: The Nobodies

Ashley Kim

BRECHELLE LIPSCOMB

NINE TEN

BRECHELLE LIPSCOMB

Jungho Bae

Fusion Hanbok

Jungho Bae

Nell Arnett

An Affirmatively Irreverent Spectacle of Queerness

Nell Arnett

Olive Revis

afterparty

Olive Revis

Sabrina Ortega

Breaking the Cage

Sabrina Ortega

Simone Isip

Us Others

Simone Isip

Creative Team

Mo Green

Mo Green

Director

Assistant Director

Nyx Davis

Assistant Director

Anahita Arun

Anahita Arun

Assistant Director

Alaina Lurry, Lead Photographer

Alaina Lurry

Lead Photographer

Dani Lopez, Assistant Photography

Dani Lopez

Assistant Photography

Hannah Han, Lead Graphic Designer

Hannah Han

Lead Graphic Designer

Grace Birch, Assistant Graphic Designer

Grace Birch

Assistant Graphic Designer

Mason McLaren, Videographer

Mason McLaren

Videographer

MICA Team

Dr. Shannon Ingram, Executive Director

Dr. Shannon Ingram

Executive Director

Sara Kaltwasser, Associate Director

Sara Kaltwasser

Associate Director

Marissa Vazhappilly, Specialist

Marissa Vazhappilly

Specialist

Dr. Frankie Martin

Founder of the Annual Benefit Fashion Show