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Allyson Kramer, a sophomore fashion merchandising major on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016.

Fashion merchanding student featured in Seventeen Magazine

Taylor Pierce March 5, 2016

On a typical day in the spring semester at Rockwell Hall, the atmosphere is chaotic as students shuffle through the lobby conducting photo shoots for the Kent State's Fashion School's upcoming Annual Fashion...

Designer Keama Garrett makes last minute adjustments to her model Sarah Grages before the Rock The Runway Fashion Show on Saturday March 7, 2015. The name of this collection was “Jama”.

Annual Rock the Runway fashion show returns this weekend

Ile-Ife Okantah March 2, 2016

Kent Student Center (KSC) Programming will host the twelfth annual Rock the Runway Fashion Show at 8 p.m. on Saturday, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.Rock the Runway is a themed competition that brings...

Students reflect on 2016 New York Fashion Week

Taylor Pierce February 19, 2016

The semi-annual fashion event, New York Fashion Week, which showcases international fashion collections to buyers and the public, concluded on Friday.The fashion show featured pieces from popular designers...

Kent State Museum adds new juried exhibition for display

Ile-Ife Okantah and Holly Disch February 19, 2016

The Kent State Museum added a brand new juried exhibition this month called “Focus: Fiber,” featuring 56 pieces of contemporary textile art for the public to see until July 3.“The school of arts...

Mercedes-Benz fashion week in China

Kent State students to participate in Mercedes-Benz fashion week in China

Alexa Maslowski, TV2 February 18, 2016

For the first time since 2011, Kent State design students will participate in the Mercedez-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing, China.Ana White is one of six senior fashion design students at Kent State...

A model walks the runway at the For the Love of Fashion fashion show Feb. 13, 2015. The show was put on by College Town Kent and held in the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center.

College Town Kent to host second annual ‘For the Love of Fashion’ show

Taylor Pierce February 10, 2016

College Town Kent is set to host the second annual For the Love of Fashion Show at the Kent State University Hotel at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12.The fashion show will showcase local retail shops by featuring...

Computer engineering major, Madhur Malhotra, of the University of Pittsburgh, camps out on his sleeping bag while working on his team’s project in Rockwell Hall library on Jan. 30, 2016 as part of the Kent Hackathon.

Fashion/Tech Hackathon showcase innovative thinking

Ile-Ife Okantah and Taylor Pierce January 31, 2016

The Fashion School at Kent State partnered with the university's LaunchNET and the Fashion School’s TechStyleLAB to host the third annual Fashion/Tech Hackathon from Jan. 29 to Jan. 31 in Rockwell Hall.More...

Fashion school to host third annual Fashion/Tech Hackathon

Taylor Pierce January 25, 2016

Kent State’s LaunchNET and the Fashion School’s TechStyleLab are teaming up to host the third annual Fashion/Tech Hackathon from Friday, Jan. 29 through Sunday, Jan. 31 in Rockwell Hall.“This event...

James Ahmad, the IT analyst, starts up the Stoll machine in the Fashion School to produce a basic pattern black and white scarf on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. 

Fashion School receives new knitting machine

Felicia Guadagni December 9, 2015

Kent State's Fashion School recently purchased an industrial knitting machine capable of utilizing 32 individual rolls of yarn.The machine, a Stoll CMS ADF-3 multi-gauge knitting machine, is the only one...

Modista fashion group presents ‘School dayz’

Felicia Guadagni December 5, 2015

Fifteen student designers had their high school inspired collections on display during Modista Fashion Group’s annual fashion show Saturday night.The show, titled “Modista High: School Dayz,” took...

Exquisite Modeling Troupe: NYLA Fashion Show

A Magazine: Exquisite Modeling Troupe delivers with NYLA fashion show

Elena Clark, A Magazine November 19, 2015

As a legion of diverse models make their way through an eager crowd, it becomes evident that this is not your typical college fashion show.The Exquisite Modeling Troupe’s fall fashion show “NYLA”...

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A Magazine: How Trends are Born

Madeline Farina, A Magazine November 13, 2015

One could quickly answer this question and say that the designers that put collections down runways during fashion week create trends that eventually trickle down into our wardrobes.That response is not...