Beautiful clothes cannot shine without the proper musical accompaniment. A successful fashion show is based on design, sound and timing. An expression of art and a blending of the senses aim to create a setting and feeling for those watching.

Southwestern College’s Audio Engineering Society (AES) wants to showcase the works of promising San Diego County fashion and music artists. SWC’s first Rock Walk will be a collaborative event that fuses fashion and music, and encourages relationships between people in the recording arts.

AES focuses on audio technology and includes many students from SWC. It unites artists worldwide to promote advances in audio research and careers.

Daniel Cabeza de Baca, the studio manager and a recording engineer at SWC, heard about the AES organization and saw the potential and opportunities it had.

“It brings a lot of different people together, not just students and engineers or people in studios, but also musicians, scientists, artists, people who run the equipment and who manufacture it all uniting,” he said.

Erick Domogma, an AES member and SWC student, agreed to the benefits of the group.

“The AES is not just one vision, it is different people with different backgrounds and that helps you strengthen your knowledge and relationships,” he said. “It is like being part of a small family which gives you plenty of insight especially in audio engineering.”

AES is expanding its horizons to include more of San Diego’s prime go-to art colleges such as City College and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

Unlike the flashy couture-clad artists jumping around a runway surrounded by expressionless models, Rock Walk promises to be an evergetic event. All participants were connected through their shared art.

At the front of the classroom, a projector screened a fashion show that matches outfits with music genres of different performing artists, giving the performers an idea of how the show would be synched up.

AES Commissioner Antonio Econom led the auditions. Each artist performed two songs that showed their range and how their tones varied. Performing artists are going to be paired to specific designers according to what mood and style of music matched the clothing.

“This event will allow the next generation of artists and designers to express their creative ideas in a professional atmosphere,” said Econom. “Participants of this event are students who have bridged the gap between the ‘real world’ and the academic world.”

Rock Walk does not have a final date yet, but planners are shooting for December.