Visual Window Display

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College of Fine Arts Gala

Welcome to the Kit-Kat Club!

Step into the sultry, decadent world of Cabaret with this visual display collaboration between Fashion Merchandising, Interior Design, and Lighting Design. At the center sits Sally Bowles, the club’s dazzling yet tragic star, dressed in her signature bold style. Surrounding her, the essence of 1930’s Berlin nightlife comes to life—opulent fashion, dimly lit decadence, and an air of both allure and impending chaos. This display captures the Kit Kat Club’s spirit: a place of freedom, excess, and underlying darkness.

“I’m incredibly grateful to have collaborated with my amazing colleagues from Interior Design and Lighting Design on this visual display. It’s been inspiring to see how fashion, interior design, and lighting all work together as partners to create a captivating visual experience. This project truly showcases the power of interdisciplinary design!” – Rima Shrestha, Instructor of Fashion Merchandising.

“Being invited by Rima to collaborate on this cabaret-inspired window display has been such a fun experience! Interior design and fashion are like creative sisters; both shape the way we experience space, form, and expression. This collaboration has been a fantastic way to merge our disciplines. We truly enjoy working across departments, and I can’t wait for more opportunities like this in the future!” – Tamara Rice, Instructor of Interior Design.

“At TCU’s College of Fine Arts, we are committed to creating opportunities to ‘put our passion into practice.’ The interdisciplinary collaboration on the visual display for the Gala was perfectly timed with the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) accreditation visit. It has been a fantastic experience working alongside faculty from Fashion Merchandising and Interior Design to showcase our design to both the TCU community and our guests” – Alyssa Humphries Stewart, Associate Professor of Design and Director of the Center for Lighting Education.”

Special thanks to Michelle Alford, Department of Theater, for providing costumes, Zachary Broadhurst, Centaur Fine Art Services, for creating the marquee frame, and TCU Lighting Design major, Austin Cunningham.