Associate Professors Minyoung Suh and Delisia Matthews<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cThere are around fifteen students every year and for their final projects they come up with some sort of design and draft flat patterns to achieve that style,\u201d Suh explains. \u201cThose students selected have a chance to create the paper version of the dress garment.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event gives both groups of students the opportunity to put to work what they have spent the semester learning in a real world environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis gives them a chance to truly apply the concepts in a way that allows them to give back to the community and really pour into a special cause,\u201d Matthews says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the designers, it\u2019s also an opportunity to work with unconventional materials and test the limits of what they are able to create with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a fun and exciting experience handling the papers,\u201d Suh says. \u201cThey are getting more insight about the importance of material in achieving their style and design.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students come away from the event with new skills and a growing awareness of how they can use their education outside of the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great way to learn what actual companies are looking for,\u201d Fontana says. \u201cIt\u2019s made me more familiar with designing different campaigns, you\u2019re trying to put yourself in the shoes of who\u2019s going to be viewing it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI loved hearing the judges' feedback,\u201d Shooman says. \u201cWe had representatives from a bunch of different stores like Michael Kors, Macy\u2019s, Belk and Coach.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI felt like I learned the importance of generating inspiration and incorporating that into different aspects of my garment,\u201d Barnack says. \u201cI also learned about time management and how to work under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the students were excited to put what they had learned in class to work, the biggest takeaway from the event was the real-world impact of working with such an important cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFashion and designing is my absolute passion,\u201d Shooman says. \u201cSo being able to do that for such a big cause felt great. I felt like all my designs had purpose.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wilson College students got to work designing dresses and planning marketing campaigns for the sixth annual Hemline for Hearts competition in honor of Go Red for Women\u00ae. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false,\"displayCategoryID\":2132,\"caption\":\"\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[742,502,496],"tags":[734,757,583,584,675,560,1382],"class_list":["post-28293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newswire","category-student-success","category-tatm","tag-fashion-and-textile-design","tag-fashion-and-textile-management","tag-ftd","tag-ftm","tag-hemline-for-hearts","tag-service-learning","tag-wilson-college-of-textiles"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"
Hemline for Hearts Completes Sixth Year of Inspiring Wilson College Students - Wilson College of Textiles<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n