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Coture collection shows
designer s timeless style
By Jason Hardy _
Staff uniter
Career fairs, for the most part,
are not geared toward kindergarten
classes.
After all, what do kindergartners
know?
Of course most kindergartners
aren’t like Mary Anne Vacarro was.
“I was one of those people who
knew when I was in kindergarten
what I wanted to do,” she said. “I
never swayed. I always came back to
clothing design.”
Vacarro, a couture designer from
Omaha, is currently the subject of an
exhibit at the Robert Hillestad
Textiles Gallery. “The Many Sides of
Mary Anne Vacarro” runs through
March 3 and features a collection of
one-of-a-kind apparel designs.
As a couture designer, Vacarro
creates clothing specifically for
clients who request her services. The
clothes are all made to fit the individ
ual’s exact size, and Vacarro also con
sults them on fashion elements as
well.
Barbara Trout, a representative of
the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery,
said that the exhibition encompasses
a wide variety of her work because of
the nature of Vacarro’s business.
“I can’t think of anyone in any of
the major cities of the Midwest that
has a business quite like hers,” Trout
said. “There are anything from ball
gowns to wedding gowns, there’s i
evening wear, cocktail dresses and |
even suits.” |
Trout said that one thing unified |
all ofVacarro’s designs - quality.
“It’s the type of garment that has
been specifically cut and measured to |
fit the needs and tastes of one per- |
son,” she said. “It’s very fine, meticu- ]
lous hand-sewn craftsmanship and I
the highest quality of fabrics.
“This show also gives a represen- f
tation of how timeless her designs
are. She has things that were done in
the 1980s that could be shown in the
magazines and on the runways of
today.”
Vacarro said she was proud her
work is considered timeless because
it’s something she’s worked toward
since her beginnings in the 1970s.
“I don’t really ever refer to myself
as a fashion designer - I’m a clothing
designer,” she said.
“Fashion is too much of a timely
element. I can hold up a piece of fab
ric and think of a million ways to use
it and, by sketching and sketching, I
eventually put down something that I
know I can wear today and 15 years
from now.
“The thing that makes me feel
good about the shOow is that the
pieces from the early ’80s are as good
“The Many Sides of
HJMary Anne Vacarro”
WHERE: Robert Hillestad
J m Textiles Gallery, 234 Home
Economics Building,
s s | East Campus
jy WHEN: Jan. 31 - March 3
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i THE SKINNY: One-of-a
kind dress designs
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as the ones from a month ago.”
Vacarro said the reason her
clothes are so timeless is because she
puts a lot of effort into making each
piece something special.
“You use what elements are there
during the times and you interpret it
your own way. I have a personal feel
for what I design,” she said. “Also, I
don’t sell something without seeing
how it feels on me. I don’t sell an arm
hole unless I see how it works.”
She said having a solo exhibition
at the Textiles Gallery was very satis
fying, but the true payback for all of
her hard work over the years is some
thing more personal.
“It’s just the feel I get for doing
it,” Vacarro said. “It beats me up, but
the rewards in it are so personally
gratifying.”
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