By Katie Gager, Student Reporter

The second annual Black History Fashion Show will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Bean Sprout in celebration of Black History Month. Show organizers encourage students to come and enjoy a free show full of entertainment.

“I think each and every culture has their own different type of style, and it is something we all need to celebrate,” said show producer Mallorie Frank (’08), an intern in Student Production.

The show’s theme is Urban Chic and will include separate scenes, featuring 18-20 male and female models, called Ladies Night and Night with the Fellas. It will end with an encore of every model taking one last walk down the runway. The models are made up of volunteers and students interested in a modeling career.

The show also will include a performance by Anna Peters, senior ministry to children and families and elementary education major from Houston, who will sing Bust Your Windows by Jasmine Sullivan.

While last year’s show aimed to focus on past fashions, this year’s will present today’s styles and celebrate current black fashion, Frank said.

“I see diversity in fashion every day,” she said. “I want you to be comfortable and celebrate who you are.”

Show runway coach Whitney Puckett said the show’s goal is to focus on the fact that while image might not be everything, it is important in the world today.

“Image is not something that is selfish if it is used in the right way,” said Puckett, sophomore interior design major from Melbourne, Fla. “It can represent who you are.”

When deciding on this year’s theme, one of the goals was to feature blacks that cared about their image and styles that reflected their character, Puckett said.

Show model DeMarco Howard, junior art major from Houston, said fashion today is not all about “saggy pants and short skirts.”

“There are other ways to be classy,” Howard said. “I don’t dress like other people all the time. I like to be myself.”