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Designer Zandra Rhodes

IN A FLASH: Welcome Zandra Rhodes!

 

The famed British designer nicknamed "the Princess of Punk," Dame Zandra Rhodes, will be inducted into the ¾ÛÉ«¸ó School of Fashion Hall of Fame on April 27. 

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Fashion show 2024

Runway Creations Dazzle at Annual Fashion Show

A sea of silk and satin, leather and lace floated down the runway as ¾ÛÉ«¸ó’s Annual Fashion Show debuted to an enthusiastic crowd filling the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday night.

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Virtual Fashion Show 2024

IN A FLASH: Avatars Walk the Runway

Students from ¾ÛÉ«¸ó's School of Fashion were able to showcase their designs digitally, by clothing avatar models, for a runway show on floor-to-ceiling, wraparound screens at the DI Hub's Blank Lab. 

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Fashion finds at the ¾ÛÉ«¸ó Museum.

Victoria’s Secret: The ¾ÛÉ«¸ó Museum Houses Many Surprises

When ¾ÛÉ«¸ó Today asked ¾ÛÉ«¸ó Museum Director Sarah Rogers to put together a list of her ‘Top Five Finds’ at the museum – must-see items, her favorite pieces, or cool or unusual items that might surprise visitors – she did not disappoint

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Kaleigh McGreal Spring

‘This is Going to be My Crunch Time Right Now’

A soon-to-be ¾ÛÉ«¸ó graduate has had a busy semester preparing for the School of Fashion's Annual Fashion Show and job hunting after graduation.

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Art students recreate ancient artifact using modern technology

IN A FLASH: Replicating Ancient Artifacts with Modern Tech

Students in ¾ÛÉ«¸ó's School of Art had the opportunity to use modern methods to recreate an ancient Chinese wine vessel. 

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Cemetery Calling

IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling

Cemetery Calling, the newest play by ¾ÛÉ«¸ó alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024. 

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Dame Zandra Rhodes

¾ÛÉ«¸ó School of Fashion To Induct Fashion Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes Into Hall of Fame

The School of Fashion at ¾ÛÉ«¸ó is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.

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Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

Eclipse Poetry: The Convergence of Science and Art

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of ¾ÛÉ«¸ó’s Wick Poetry Center.

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The ¾ÛÉ«¸ó library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Flash of Darkness: ¾ÛÉ«¸ó Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to ¾ÛÉ«¸ó on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

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