Kent State University Fashion School

‘Light Is What Reconciles Us With the Value of Everything’
Kent State Today
Sukeina at the Kent State University Museum

Named for the designer's mother, Sukeina features stunning fashions by Kent State University School of Fashion and Merchandising Hall of Fame inductee Omar Salam. 

Scanning the Past: Library to Digitize Fashion Sketchbooks of Acclaimed Designer
Kent State Today
Digital Projects Librarian Virginia Dressler shows the collection of sketchbooks and scrapbooks of Pauline Trigere, which are being digitized by University Libraries.

New York couturière designer Pauline Trigère, whose career spanned more than five decades, left behind a legacy of fashion innovation meticulously preserved in volumes of sketchbooks and press clippings. Those volumes have had a home at Kent State University Libraries since 1993 and soon will be accessible to everyone. 

Kent State Fashion School Receives Top Honors in the Nation and Midwest for Design and Merchandising in New Ratings
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Kent State students model original designs created by fashion school students during the school’s 2018 Spring Fashion School.

Collaborative Clothing
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Kent State Fashion design seniors, Sarah Tothero and Breanna Weiss and another classmate have partnered with a faculty member in the College of Nursing to design special garments for older adults.

Inspired by the needs of one student’s grandmother, several Kent State Fashion design majors are partnering with a faculty member in the College of Nursing to design special garments for older adults who live alone.

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