CREDIT: HAI HA NGUYEN

On March 16, Centennial Hall held the 10th annual Canadian Asian International Students' Association (CAISA) Fashion Show to raise money towards the Children's Health Foundation. This year's theme was ‘Prestige: A Journey of Illusion', a spectacle that invited viewers into all the illusions of the mind and magic.

The CAISA Fashion Show is the largest student-run fashion show in all of Ontario and it shows through the involvement from all the performers, vendors and 60 executives who helped bring the show together.

This year's show was divided into five scenes; Pandora, Fixation, Illuminate, Reflection, Switcheroo and a magic show that kept the audience in awe. All scenes were a fusion of fashion and choreographed performances. It was a show that kept the audience intrigued and entertained.

Both casual and avant-garde designs were featured in the show and the choreography was impressively executed by HipHop Western, UWO Breakers and WOOF (Western Ontario Organization of Filipinos).

This year, the association strived to highlight more student and designer work than branded clothing to showcase young and local talent. Prestige featured trends from street fashion to menswear to swimwear to fancy lingerie. The designers who helped bring the show together were Mark Aguiar, Kimberley Lesueur, Carolyn Chen, Hilary Eng, Diana Li and Dawn Rawson. One designer, Hilary Eng, is a Media, Information and Technoculture student at Western. Her S.K.I.D. Clothing collection pieces were featured in the Pandora scene. Her pieces are oneof- a-kind, deconstructed clothing that is remade into new trendy pieces. She is best known for her shorts, often studded or with special detailing. For the show, she was able to extend her creativity and created some new studded bras for the Switcheroo segment. Her awesome pieces range from $40 to $60 depending on the piece — find more of her pieces at skidclothing. ca.

Over the past decade, the Canadian Asian International Students' Association has raised $116, 770 for the Children's Health Foundation. This year, they achieved their goal of raising $25,000 for the cause. The Association works year-round to raise money, but their annual fashion show is an artistic and fun way for students and people in the community to enjoy a night out, celebrate local talent and contribute to the cause. All proceeds help the hospital provide exceptional care, equipment, research and educational programs for children and their families.

Prestige this year was truly ‘A Journey into Illusions' through the edginess and production of the show, and the CAISA Fashion Show is a show not to be missed next year!

Check out CAISA at caisafashionshow.com and on Twitter @caisafs.

Hai Ha Nguyen is a Fashion Design student who loves to discover the new trends in street fashion. Follow her on Instagram at instagram.com/haihanguyen7 for the trendiest pieces this season! If you have a suggestion or feedback for her column, send her an email at hhnguyen.77@gmail.com.