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Kent State University's new museum director, Dr. Sarah Spinner Liska. (Courtesy of Sarah Spinner Liska)

Kent State University Museum names new director

Lauren Cohen, Reporter June 20, 2024

The Kent State University Museum recently named Dr. Sarah Spinner Liska its new director. Sara Hume, professor and museum curator, said beginning July 1, Spinner Liska will take over for current director...

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

Students, professors await this year’s looks for the Met Gala

Destiny Torres, Reporter May 7, 2024

The Met Gala, one of the most anticipated and prestigious fashion and fundraising events of the year, is approaching May 6.  The Met Gala is a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

Freshman medical technology major Eindre Win said “Bridgerton” inspired her to buy a corset. Photo courtesy of Eindre Win.

‘Bridgerton’ ignites revival of corset trend

Catie Pusateri Reporter February 8, 2021

Fashion trends often resurface after a decade or two, but a recent trend emerged from the Regency period. Corsets, garments typically used to achieve a smaller waist, found their way into modern fashion...

Pictured above is an “ensemble from Southern Moravia in Slovakia” courtesy of Kent State University Museum. The regional dress exhibition displays clothes from Western and Eastern Europe. Photo courtesy of the Kent State Fashion Museum.

Kent State Fashion Museum unveils European regional dress exhibit

Catie Pusateri, Reporter February 1, 2021

Take a step back in time with the new European regional dress exhibition at Kent State University Museum opening Feb. 2. Stitched: Regional Dress Across Europe opens at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The exhibition...

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What Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation means to students and faculty

Bella Hagey Reporter November 5, 2020

With Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court on Oct. 27, many fear losing access to abortion and birth control and seeing the legality of gay marriage overturned.Prominent Supreme Court...

The Kent State Fashion Museum hosts the opening reception for their new exhibit called Flapper Style: 1920s Fashion, on Thursday Sept. 24, 2015.

Newest KSU Fashion exhibit: Flapper Style

Brenna Parker & Shane Beneke November 23, 2015

Sara Hume, Kent State museum curator and associate professor, has spent her career researching the history of dress and the connection the fashion industry has with economic and political changes over...

Fashion from 1920s exhibited at Kent State University Museum

Felicia Guadagni September 21, 2015

The flapper-style fashion is making a comeback at Kent State University Fashion Museum in its newest exhibit titled “Flapper Style: Fashions of the 1920s” opening Sept. 25.Forty different pieces, including...

Secrets of fashion revealed in new KSU Museum exhibit

Kelsey Drumm March 13, 2015

The Kent State University Museum opened the “Inside Out: Revealing Clothing’s Hidden Secrets” exhibit on March 12, which emphasizes the fine details and impressive quality of eighteenth to twentieth...