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"A lot of creative kids go to high school and are underwhelmed with the experience and don't feel truly impacted in a positive way," says Ronnie Ryno, a special education teacher in Spokane, Wash.
That's why she started teaching sewing and fashion design classes at Innovation High School, where she also started hosting a yearly fashion show where her students get to showcase the outfits they've been working on throughout the school year.
More than 250 people attended last month's show at the school's East Central campus, and between designers, models, hair stylists, makeup artists, and backstage crew, more than 70 current and former students helped produce it.
"It's such an amazing feeling, I definitely get very emotional," Ryno says.
Two of Ryno's students, sophomore Jordyn Horton and junior Ashton Heston, were among the designers whose creations were on display.
Horton's collection took a more whimsical approach, as each of her three outfits were themed after purple creatures in the realm of Dungeons & Dragons.
Her first outfit was a take on a race of walking mushrooms.
Her next outfit, a sleek satin suit, was inspired by a dangerous creature with sharp teeth that often mimics the shape of a treasure chest.
Heston's
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