{"id":30831,"date":"2022-09-16T14:15:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T18:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/?p=30831"},"modified":"2024-04-11T12:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:13:06","slug":"see-how-seniors-capped-off-a-fashion-design-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/see-how-seniors-capped-off-a-fashion-design-education\/","title":{"rendered":"See How Seniors Capped Off a Fashion Design Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

For graduating fashion design<\/a> (FD) students at the Wilson College of Textiles, the most exciting \u201cwalk across the stage\u201d of their college career isn\u2019t the one they\u2019ll make in a cap and gown. Instead, it\u2019s the path they take behind a line of models wearing their designs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seniors earning their B.S. in Fashion and Textile Design<\/a> develop a collection each spring for the degree\u2019s capstone course. Each student in the FD concentration must create either six or eight looks for the FTD Emerging Designers Showcase<\/a>, depending on whether or not they\u2019re enrolled in the accelerated bachelor\u2019s\/master\u2019s program<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The student designers have complete creative freedom in choosing the inspiration for their collections. As opposed to a typical instructor role, faculty in this course serve as a guide, mentor and resource to help students achieve their goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the 2022 designers<\/span>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was rewarding to see how the students grew in the past few years,\u201d Associate Professor Minyoung Suh<\/a> says. She taught many of the student designers in other courses before they entered this Emerging Designers class in spring 2022. \u201cI can see that they\u2019re developing their skills and improving their professionalism from diverse perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainability as a Starting Point <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This year, some designers focused on taking \u201csustainability fashion\u201d from buzzword to reality. Mara Harris<\/a> used no-waste pattern-making techniques to create each of the looks in her collection, \u201cKinship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tried to think about pattern making in an unconventional way to where I’d use all of the fabric that I have for each of the pieces,\u201d Mara says. \u201cSo I shaped the front, back, sleeves and other pieces of the garment in a way that they fit together kind of like a puzzle and none of the fabric is wasted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An independent study with Professor Kate Annett-Hitchcock<\/a> that focused on no-waste patternmaking set her up for success with this innovative approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Kinship” | Mara Harris<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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