By Madison Plaisance
Louisiana Tech’s Elite Modeling Troupe partnered up with the university’s Pi Delta Chapter of Kappa Alpha PSI to create a fashion show recently.
The group showcased a variety of different outfits along with a walking and dancing routine.
The show consisted of four scenes: The Gentlemen’s Club, Crimson and Cream, MyWhy Apparel and Seen with Caution.
The Gentlemen’s Club consisted of men wearing button up shirts with plaid pants and roses. The women wore all black and sparkly red newsboy hats.
Crimson and Cream consisted of couples. One person would wear all cream and the other person would wear all red. EMT chose these colors because they are the official colors of Kappa Alpha PSI.
MyWhy Apparel featured models wearing clothes from the MyWhy Apparel company.
Seen with Caution was the last scene and had models wearing white, red and caution tape.
Sequanna King, president of EMT, said she was excited about the show.
“The theme of the show was Kode Redd,” King said. “It played off of the Kappas… we used their color scheme to come up with some of the outfits so everyone could match. We could combine both what they do and what we do as well.”
Dequante Bill is one of the vendors for this show and provided the models with clothes from his MyWhy Apparel. MyWhy Apparel is a clothing brand that started in November 2021. Its goal is to uplift people, make them feel empowered and put a smile on their faces.
“I wanted to be a vendor for this show to show off my new and upcoming brand MyWhy Apparel,” Bill said. “It’s marketing and advertising. When people see your brand at an event like this the more likely they are to become interested.”
Bill said he has always been into fashion and wanted to make something to represent himself. He wanted to create something that had a purpose behind it. At the time, Bill already had a clothing brand but he did not have a purpose so in November, he rebranded his apparel to MyWhy and it has been doing well since.
Bill is also part of Pi Delta Chapter and helped make this collaboration happen.
“We were pretty nervous at first,” Bill said, “but as we started the show we realized how much fun we were having and calmed down.”
EMT’s goal is to make everyone feel welcome within the community and give everyone an opportunity to really shine.
“Through Elite we want everyone to feel like they can express themselves in their own unique way,” King said, “Without any judgment.”
