Newsletter SignupIt’s less than an hour before doors open for Cornell Fashion Collective’s first show of the 2024-2025 academic year. Models backstage are delicately shoving chocolate Ferrero Rochers into their mouths, careful not to smudge their makeup. The parade begins to slow, loud cheers ensue and onlookers show their support for the designers, models and members. After the last models and designers slink backstage, the Cornell Fashion Collective executive board crowds the runway. Leaderboard 2This spectacle of fashion highlighted the immense talent that Cornell fashion students carry within themselves and how clothing contributes to self expression and understanding.