Lunar Gala

To celebrate the Chinese New Year, students of Carnegie Mellon University created the Lunar Gala Fashion Show. All students are eligible to apply to become board members, producers, designers, models, tech crew, and dancers. About 1000 students take part in this valuable experience each year, this tradition being an integral part of the Carnegie Mellon community for over 10 years. 

This year’s 2017 theme was based on the rooster, an animal in the Chinese New Year. In addition, the word sonder inspired this year’s event. On its website Lunar Gala 2017 defines sonder on its About page—

Consumed by our everyday agenda, one can pass by the same places and faces with no concern of the significance of each interaction. Sonder describes the jarring awakening through which we become aware of the parallelism between our own vivid and complex experiences and that of any passerby. No longer droning through life grey and unmoved, every person offers his or her own color, interconnected stories and new realizations. This year’s show personifies this realization and aims to lead us through this transitional narrative.

                                                                         — 2017.lunargala.org

 

Lunar Gala Fashion Show 2.18.17