Last week, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Houston Community College teamed up for a design competition and professional fashion show inspired by art on view at the Museum. The “Fashion Fusion” challenge was for students and alumni from HCC’s award-winning fashion design program to create original designs based on this year’s theme: Arts of Asia.

Houston photographer Mark Felix went to capture moments from the innovative fashion show.

A model in a design by Jennifer Valencia has final garment adjustments wait in line backstage before Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)
Attendees begin to arrive before Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing) Models talk while waiting in line backstage before Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)
A model poses wearing Maria Dyevre design during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing) A model wears a design by Estefania Espindola during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)
A model walks out to the runway during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)
A model walks to the runway during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing) Models walk down the runway during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing) Designer Emily Herrera (left) walks down the runway with a model wearing her design during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)
A model walks down the runway in a design by Kuteka Hill during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)
Attendees watch as models and designers go down the runway during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing) A model wears a design by Kuteka Hill (right) during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)
A model walks down the runway in a design by Kuteka Hill during Fashion Fusion IX in Cullinan Hall at the MFAH Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Houston. (Mark Felix for Houston Landing)

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Lexi Parra is a photo editor for Houston Landing. Before moving to Houston, she worked as an independent photojournalist in Caracas, Venezuela and New York, NY, and her work has been published in The New...