{"id":10879,"date":"2012-05-16T16:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T16:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?p=21518"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:34","slug":"nfs-fashion-fair-bringing-style-to-the-sports-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2012\/05\/16\/nfs-fashion-fair-bringing-style-to-the-sports-building\/","title":{"rendered":"NFS fashion fair: bringing style to the sports building"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NFS (New Fashion Society) held a fashion fair in the S-building this Wednesday. It\u2019s their first official event, but the organization has a lot more fashionable plans for the future. <\/p>\n

The S-building canteen has been transformed: NFS has turned it as into a marketplace where students sell their clothes, shoes, hats, jewellery, and more.\u00a0The items might be second-hand, but still look as if they\u2019re brand new. Margarita Staselun, a 20-year-old, first-year IBA student from Latvia, is one of the members selling her second-hand items: \u201cIt really is good stuff, I just don\u2019t wear it anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n

Not just for girls<\/b><\/p>\n

You might expect a fashion fair would mostly target the female population of the university, but NFS President Hande Macit, a 19-year-old, second-year IBA student from Turkey, says this is not the case: \u201cWe also have a stand for guys, selling ties and the like.\u201d Hande explains that the NFS\u00a0specifically also wants to include guys, by for instance organizing tie workshops.<\/p>\n

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A fashionable collaboration<\/b><\/p>\n

The NFS wants to reach an environment beyond the university, and is organizing a fashion show in two weeks with the help of fashion students. Hande: \u201cWe are the business-side of fashion, but fashion is much more about creativity.\u201d Fashion students are designing outfits for the show, while the NFS in turn promotes their creations by organizing the event.\u00a0The show will be held on May 29th, at Theater Zuidplein. For\u00a0more information and\u00a0tickets, check out the Facebook event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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But how fashionable are EUR students, really? Hande thinks that at the Erasmus University, students don\u2019t really get the opportunity to be involved in fashion, or other forms of creativity. An organization such as NFS allows students interested in the fashion industry to show their passion to potential employees. Hande: \u201cCompanies in the retail industry will look for students with experience or interest in fashion. Joining an organization such as NFS will help them to obtain a job in for instance the clothing industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young and ambitious<\/b><\/p>\n

NFS is still quite young, as it was set up this February, by several IBA students from all over the world. Hande explains the start-up of their organization went quicker than expected: \u201cSo far, we have forty active members and six committees, which is quite lot already. Today\u2019s fair is our first official event, but there is a lot more to come.\u201d IS<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t

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