When one of the most experimental fashion departments in the world throws a runway show, you better keep an eye out. In their highly anticipated annual Spring fashion event, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) fashion design students present edgy, avant-garde and over-the-top looks, as well as down-to-earth, wearable creations that showcase a masterful balance between concept development, skill-building and artistic boundary-pushing. The next generation of fashion designers starts here but during the hours-long extravaganza of catwalk shows, performances, music and installations, you won’t feel like you’re in a school setting at all—not even for a minute. (Vasia Rigou)
