Grand Rapids fashion student featured in Vogue [Video]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A fashion student from Grand Rapids was recently featured in Vogue. He’s got a different take on what looks trendy, using fashion to release his inner creature.

“Really fell in love with how it’s a very strong form of visual communication and how personal it is,” said Baker.

He was born in Lansing but raised in the Furniture City. An area he says only grew his love for fashion.

“Grand Rapids is home to a lot of people that really like know how to be themselves and that definitely comes out through fashion,” said Baker. “Fashion that tells people who you are and what you feel.”

Each year, SCAD students are given 10 weeks to complete a five-look collection for the school’s annual fashion show.

“It was really special. It was really awesome.”

Using mostly upcycled …