The recent
Pittsburgh
Opera Fashion Event, "A Song of Thrones” featured some of their
ornate operatic costumes in conjunction
with fashions by Diana Misetic of Shadyside fashion studio and boutique, Little
Black Dress. What I enjoy most about the opera experience is that it’s an extravagant production of set, costumes, and
of course sound. Mixing the pageantry of
the opera with fashion is a dramatic way to display clothing.
Since the theme for this fashion show was based on the epic television series “Game of
Thrones,” the experience was a dramatic mixing of medieval and modern worlds.
Fashion is
art. A garment is a designer’s creation which expresses his or her vision but what we chose to wear on our body is our own
personal expression. I believe what makes a fashion
show such a fun experience is that we picture wearing "the dress" as the model
walks down the runway. Sometimes we want "the dress" because we think that it
will make us “feel” the way it looks on the runway, or we want " the dress" because we want to send a message by wearing it. Other times
we just enjoy the aesthetics of the designs just as we might enjoy an opera, symphony or ballet.
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| Opera Resident Artists having fun post show |
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| Warriors opened the show |
The
Pittsburgh Opera fashion show was a production of both medieval and modern worlds.
The fashion show opened with warriors walking the runway to the epic “Game of Thrones” theme song (listen) in
conjunction with mysterious lighting. The
costumes of kings and queens were interwoven with the modern fashions on models with braided hair fashions by Studio Booth. Everyone was in “medieval character”.
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| The dress I pictured myself wearing -my favorite fashion |
Diana Misetic's fashion picks gave a wonderful variety of garments from a elegant simple yellow silky dress
with a reversible cape to a white flowing dress with flowered bodice. I heard crowd
“ahhs” often during the show!
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| Ben Taylor is Captain Gardner in Moby-Dick |
During
the finale the opera resident artists graced us all with their powerful
voices as they shared the runway with the fashion models during their
final walk. The show was a perfect blend
of both past and modern worlds in dramatic opera style, or should I say fashion!
I would definitely support the Pittsburgh Opera by taking part in their fashion event
again next year. An interesting crowd mingled during the cocktail
hour before the show. The hors d’oeuvres were fantastic. The show kept the dramatic
theme through-out and the best part was meeting the resident artists who mingled after the show. I am now ready to experience Pittsburgh
Opera’s current production- Moby Dick.