The Office of Student Activities will host the Latex and Lace Fashion Show to educate students and raise awareness of sex education and HIV on Dec. 5 at 8:30 p.m. in Room 309 in the Mailman Hollywood Building.
Entertainment and Membership Development Chair for S.E.A Board and event founder Danielle McCalla, senior communication studies major, said the idea for the show originated from an online newspaper that was reporting about the ways different universities were educating their students during sex education and HIV awareness week.
“I came across one university that put on a fashion show and I just knew I had to share this idea with the NSU community,” she said.
Student organizations and Individuals who would like to participate will create outfits that cover major body parts and are mostly made of condoms. The models will walk down the runway while facts about sex education and HIV are read.
President of SEA Board Katie Pope, senior biology major, said “We will have a minimum of two designs per group or organization and they will supply their own models and clothes. We will supply the other materials.”
“It’s a reality that college students are engaging in sexual activities and it’s the student leaders’ duty to educate them,” McCalla said. “Some students don’t learn about sex education at home, and the more people don’t talk about it the more of a problem it will become. The fashion show is a way to take the awkwardness out of a conversation.”
Pope said she believes the event is a cheeky way to remind people to be safe.
“I think that, especially in South Florida where there are problems related to sexually transmitted diseases and sexually transmitted infections,” Pope said. “It’s good to have an event that is a little more social and more of a fun way to educate people.”
Valerie Maselli, sophomore biology major, said that the fashion show is an interesting idea.
“More people will come because it is something different,” she said.
Pope also said the idea is fun and different.
“I know that other universities have done it, and it has been successful, and it looks very fun,” Pope said.” We are trying to make NSU the school that everyone wants it to be. We are making it bigger and better, and this event is a step in that direction.”
For more information, call McCalla at 954-262-7288.
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Students create outfits out of condoms to raise awareness for sex education.
Courtesy of the Office of Student Events and Activities’ Instagram
