College students explored their creative sides Friday at College Night, hosted by the North Carolina Museum of Art.

The event was free and provided students with a variety of entertainment, such as the M.C. Escher exhibition, a fashion show, live music and opportunities to create artwork of their own.

“It’s a really good experience because it’s nice seeing other college students that are interested in the same things we are,” said Tony Thorpe, a sophomore studying art and visual communications at North Carolina Central University.

NC State had a large presence at the event. Students from the College of Textiles showed off their talents in a fashion show, and students from the College of Engineering had their “Infinity Cube” featured with the M.C. Escher exhibit.

The “Infinity Cube” is an art piece designed to complement “The Worlds of M.C. Escher,” which is the largest ever Escher collection in the United States. The piece is made from several LED lights in the shape of a cube, which is then inside of a box made from two-way mirrors. The lights have a series of repeating patterns that, thanks to the mirrors, seem to continue into infinity.

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“We saw the ‘Infinity Cube,’ and that was fascinating,” said Katherine Harrison, a senior studying civil engineering. “I liked how the NC State students mapped out the whole design and the implementation process, so you’re seeing step-by-step how you would do it.”

Outside, students had access to a BetaBox, a traveling makerspace housed inside of a shipping container.

“It was all about how you get people to do hands-on projects that relate to the art so people, especially young people, can connect what’s on display with the actual process behind creating some of the art,” said Sean Maroni, an NC State alumnus and founder of Betaversity.

The BetaBox offered 3D printing, laser cutting and other equipment that tied technology and the arts together.

Also outside the museum was the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Art Truck. Escher-themed patterns and designs sprawled the vehicle’s interior, immersing guests in its atmosphere. The designs lining the walls were created by a group of entry-level design students at UNC-Greensboro.

“It’s just amazing,” said Emma Deuitch, a sophomore studying plant biology and horticulture science. “Walking into this is just a whole different world.”

While in the truck, students had the opportunity to make their own prints from wooden blocks, which was one of Escher’s main media.

“We wanted to create a whole environment that is evident of printmaking and also is showing the mathematics that Escher is using in a lot of his works,” said Logan Hamilton, a junior studying drawing from printmaking at UNC-Greensboro. “I think that people are getting more engaged in the work.”

Lu Xu, coordinator of the Art Truck, spoke to the vehicle’s novelty and purpose.

“We spent a year to design the interior, and it has just been being used for two months,” Xu said. “It’s relatively new, but you can see it has a lot of potential. It just changes the way people see images.”

Students from East Carolina University and William Peace University each performed dance routines that depicted their interpretations of Escher’s works. There was also a musical performance by Sunshine Faces, a band from Chapel Hill.

“The opening dance by ECU was pretty nice. It was nice seeing a mixture between tap and other dances,” said Matthew White, a sophomore studying art and visual communications at North Carolina Central University. “It was very well choreographed.”

In the fashion show, the designers focused on incorporating Escher’s styles and themes.

Kim Ring, a senior studying fashion and textile management, made a dress as part of the fashion show.

For her piece, “Metamorphic Shift,” Ring drew inspiration from Escher’s “Metamorphosis I.”

The dress was constructed from red oak wood veneer, hand-cut into various geometric shapes. The lower portion of the dress has larger polygons, while the upper part of the dress has smaller triangles.

“For the model, it’s transitioning from this hard nature into this fluid, fitted to the body, feminine look,” Ring said.

Jacob Shindler, a senior studying fashion and textile management, created a dress called “Ad Infinitum,” inspired by Escher’s “Relativity.”

“The staircases [in “Relativity”] seem like they no end, and really no beginning because they all keep going,” Shindler said.

To bring this aspect into his own design, Shindler made the lines on the garment have no discernable beginning or end.

When asked what meaning he brought from Escher’s work, Shindler said, “Wherever you stand, you always see something different. There’s always two sides to a story.”

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The hot spot of the recent Los Angeles fashion week – figuratively and literally – was downtown’s Union Station, which hosted several style-centric events in sweltering conditions that only the scantily clad swimsuit models didn’t seem to mind.

L.A. Fashion Week, the newest organization to produce shows during the twice-yearly cluster of fashion happenings organized primarily to showcase seasonal collections for the press and store buyers, wrapped its five-day run there earlier in October with a presentation that featured 11 designers from the island nation of Fiji, all showing their collections on a U.S. runway for the first time. Standouts included Robert Kennedy’s relaxed-chic, mixed-floral halter dresses, tunics and pajama pants; Rako Design’s sophisticated geometric-print full skirts and sleeveless tops; Huudaman + Huudaverti’s zig-zag and palm tree silhouette print shorts and sarongs accessorized with chunky wood palm tree-shaped pendants, and ACW’s evening gowns combining sheer black panels with bold woodblock prints.

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On the heels of the week’s main events Fashion Business Inc.’s annual All Aboard fashion show and fundraiser pulled into the station, with hosts David Ono (KABC News) and actress Erica Ash (”Real Husbands of Hollywood”) apologizing several times for the near-stifling temperatures and the venue’s lack of air conditioning. Among the brands that came down the catwalk were two of the evening’s honorees: Ayumi Shibata, who took home the FBI’s 2015 Emerging Designer of the Year award for her year-old Eis Los Angeles label, and designer Denise Focil, who took home the Moss Adams Fashion Innovator Award for her work on the 7-year-old AS by DF line.

The Eis collection had a distinct vintage Americana vibe and included a range of dresses, tops and shawls. Memorable pieces included a faded denim jumpsuit, a kimono-like shawl with a bold blanket print, a semi-sheer A-line dress covered in a tie-dye pattern and a series of knit tops that looked chunky but at the same time body-huggingly sexy.

AS by DF, based in Los Angeles, is a higher-end women’s line from the motor-sports-influenced Italian label Alpinestars (the AS in the label’s name), and it certainly shares its parent company’s love of luxe leather. The spring 2016 collection was heavy on ’70s influences, such as diaphanous silk dresses and fringed-leather jackets – with the Doors playing on the soundtrack. Highlights included buttery suede shorts, form-fitting suede trousers, a tropical print dress and a sleeveless leather-lace front top.

This season’s Los Angeles fashion ”week” actually unspooled across two full weeks – kicking off Oct. 5 with Art Hearts Fashion Week, which showcased local labels Sue Wong, with a collection of beaded gowns, glittery sheaths and embellished cocktail dresses called Alchemy & Masquerade, and Stello, which showed a collection called Hotel California designed to ”shine a light on Hollywood’s darker side,” according to show notes.

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