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Noor Hamidullah walks down the runway with models wearing her designs at the Creator Collective's fashion show Sept. 27, 2024

The Creator Collective showcases relationship between art, fashion in first ever student-run fashion show

Elaina Matricardi, Reporter October 1, 2024

Last Friday, Kent State’s Creator Collective showed off their bold, music inspired looks on a self-made student runway at Rockwell Hall’s fashion museum.   Rock, EDM, country, jazz and many more...

One of the models stops to pose in the 2024 KSU Annual Fashion Show on April 25, 2024.

Annual Fashion Show seamlessly incorporates sustainability, culture

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter May 2, 2024

The lights dimmed over the catwalk as models wearing a quilt-like skirt and a jacket, which was formerly a duffel bag, made their way onto the stage in The Student Center Ballroom. Multiple shows took...

Rockwell Hall is home to the fashion students at Kent State.

Under pressure: Amelia Gardner will be under the lights at annual fashion show

Riley Gaynor, Guest Reporter April 25, 2024

As the anticipation builds for the Kent State annual fashion show, one of the names that stand out is Amelia Gardner. Scheduled from April 25 to 28, the event located in the Student Center Ballroom is...

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...

Fashion school teams up with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio for fashion show

Ryan Bowles, Reporter February 8, 2024

The school of fashion partners with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio to produce a fashion charity event called ’Haute for the House’ Feb. 8. The event is set to be held at the...

Student models pose backstage before Modista’s paradox show.

Modista fashion show sheds light on lies and hypocrisy in the industry

Kelsie Horner, Reporter December 3, 2023

To an overflowing crowd, the student fashion group Modista displayed their annual fashion show Dec. 2 with designs inspired by the concept of “paradox”, the idea of pairing two contradictory statements...

Fashion group Modista announces ‘paradox’ theme for this year’s show

Fashion group Modista announces ‘paradox’ theme for this year’s show

Kelsie Horner, Reporter September 29, 2023

Kent State fashion group Modista announced its 2023 fashion show will be inspired by the theme “paradox.” Junior fashion merchandising student Rileyanna Karić works as the group’s president this...

Student entertainment group hosts fashion show

Kelsie Horner, Reporter September 16, 2023

Student entertainment group The Creator Collective held their first-ever event Friday evening, a fashion show titled “Hollywood Walk.”  The Creator Collective, created in the spring of 2023, is...

Models complete one last walk of the runway during the finale of the Kent State Fabric Pantry Fashion Show April 21, 2023. The show's theme this year was Royal Court.

Royalty reimagined at Fabric Pantry Fashion Show

Sage Mason, Reporter April 24, 2023

Fifty models took the runway in original designs created by Kent State students at the second annual Fabric Pantry Fashion Show on April 21. “We are a student organization that provides fabric and...

Runway of Dreams fashion show uses adaptive clothing for people with disabilities

Sage Mason, Luke Trupo, Reporters April 6, 2023

A standing ovation roared as the nine models stood on stage for their final look at the second annual Kent State Runway of Dreams Fashion Show. Runway of Dreams is a national organization that promotes...

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...

Modista holds “machina” fashion show in KIVA

Alexandria Manthey, TV2 Reporter November 21, 2022

The student-run Modista fashion group put on their annual fashion show on Saturday in the KIVA. The theme was "machina" showing the emergence of fashion and tech. TV2 reporter Alexandria Manthey spoke...