School of Fashion Hall of Fame
Since 1989, this prestigious award celebrates the outstanding contribution to fashion made by an individual. The accolade honors the unique qualities of their leadership. It champions the aspiration and inspiration they and their business of fashion offer the next generation of fashion graduates at Kent State.
2024 Hall of Fame
British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes has been named the 2024 inductee of Kent State University’s School of Fashion Hall of Fame.
In the early 1960s, Rhodes launched her iconic brand that took the fashion scene by storm with its fusion of print, textiles,
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Hall of Fame Lecture
PAST INDUCTEES
2023
Omar Salam
2021
Kenneth Cole
2020
STOLL
2019
The Dillard Family: William Dillard II & Alex Dillard
2018
Molly Langenstein
2017
Don Witkowski
2016
Josie Natori
2014
Tom Cole
Margaret Clark Morgan
2013
Yeohlee Teng
2012
Dana Buchman
2011
Leonardo Ferragamo
2009
Tad Boetcher "tad b"
Stephen W. Baum "Suede"
2008
Michael Weiss
2007
Oscar de la Renta
2006
Carol A. Cartwright
John V. Frank
Cynthia Rowley
Dr. Elizabeth A. Rhodes
2005
R. Scott French
Eric Gaskins
Isabel & Ruben Toledo
Ralph Rucci
2004
Allen Questrom
2003
Herbert Gallen
Leon Hall
Elsa Klensch
2002
Anna Sui
2001
Charles Kleibacker
2000
Arthur Martinez
1999
Nancy McCann
Jane F. Aggers
1998
Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
1997
Henry Dunay
Sydelle & Gerald Shaw
1996
Thomas J. Barber
John T. Cody Jr.
1995
Dr. June F. Mohler
Judith Leiber
1994
Dr. Brage Golding
Estée Lauder
1993
Richard T. Catalano
Robert A. Glick
Charles G. Horn
1991
Lynn Manulis
Martha Phillips
Mary McFadden
Barbara McKibbin
Bernard Ozer
1990
Linda Allard
Eleanor Lambert
John J. Pomerantz
Herbert Strawbridge
Pauline Trigère
1989
Shannon Rodgers
Jerry Silverman
Robert Broadbent
Shirley Goodman