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Dress Up For Downs styles models in theme of ‘Hollywood’s Heroes’ for 8th-annual fashion show

Talia Milewich, Reporter March 5, 2024

Dress Up For Downs (DUFD) eighth annual fashion show featured 12 models with Down syndrome styled by Kent State fashion students to fit the theme of “Hollywood’s Heroes” Sunday afternoon. “I...

Student fashion show raises money for individuals with Down syndrome

Sage Mason, Reporter March 7, 2023

Dress Up for Downs is promoting inclusivity in the fashion industry through its partnership with the Down Syndrome Association of Northeastern Ohio (DSANEO). Through programming such as the annual Dress...

Genevieve struts down the runway during the Dress Up for Downs fashion show in the Rockwell Hall on Saturday, November 18, 2017.

Dress Up for Downs begins a pen pal program during COVID

Bella Hagey Reporter October 15, 2020

After a long day at school, one member of Kent State’s Dress Up for Downs organization returned home to find the first letter written by her pen pal.Genevieve Burke took the letter from her mom and eagerly...

Dress Up For Downs lets models strut their stuff

Dress Up For Downs lets models strut their stuff

Maddy Haberberger, TV2 Reporter November 25, 2019

The fashion community isn’t necessarily known for its inclusiveness - just look at the recent controversy surrounding the annual Victoria’s Secret show. But one group here on campus is looking to change...

A clapboard sits on the table outside the auditorium in Hall. 

Dress Up for Downs fashion show raises $3,000

Ella Abbott November 19, 2017

Dress Up for Downs raised $3,000 for the Upside of Downs Saturday night through the organization’s annual fashion show.Dress Up for Downs is a student organization created by a junior fashion design...