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Legacy and mission bring Kenneth Cole and Kent State University together

Kent State University will host a fireside chat this Friday between visionary global fashion designer and activist, Kenneth Cole, and director and professor of Kent State’s School of Fashion, Louise Valentine. The topic of conversation will be “Building a Global Fashion Brand, On Purpose.” Cole has been named the Kent State University School of...

28 Apr 2021

Fashion |INTERVIEW Featured

Kent State’s plan to ensure graduate portfolios seen by industry

For the past six years, Kent State University’s School of Fashion has invited a selection of its graduates to present their work to alumni and industry leaders in a special portfolio showcase held at the school’s NYC Studio. Each spring, a jury made up of industry alumni visits the school to review the portfolios of the senior design class and...

26 May 2020

Fashion |INTERVIEWS Featured

COVID-19 effect on fashion’s graduating Class of 2020

Fashion students have been left reeling as the coronavirus shuts down their schools and wipes out all promise of graduate fashion shows and portfolio presentation events. As a snapshot of the larger global picture, FashionUnited interviews four students from Ohio’s Kent State University whose sense of anticlimax has replaced the camaraderie...

25 Mar 2020

CultureFeatured

When fashion's most beloved brands face hate over LGBTQ+ inclusivity

A personal responsibility to weave LGBTQ+ representation into the work they do is something that passionately unites the panel of experts gathered at the Fashion School of Kent State University’s LGBTQ+ Inclusivity evening hosted by the school’s NYC Studio. Participants are Christina Zervanos, Director of PR at the Phluid Project; Kyle Andew,...

20 Aug 2019

Fashion |REVIEW

Kent State University’s graduate fashion show 2019

Kent State University held its graduate fashion show in the campus’s Rockwell Hall last week, or more accurately it held its four shows: Thursday night’s preview show which is also streamed globally to the School’s satellite campuses; the Friday night awards show, Saturday afternoon’s matinee show and Saturday night’s VIP show and reception...

5 May 2019

Fashion |EXCLUSIVE Featured

People of color describe challenges of working in fashion

Kent State University, in collaboration with ourCusp, a community for people of color in the fashion industry, hosted an event at its New York City campus to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. A second audience joined via Skype from the school’s main campus in Ohio to hear the panel of professionals discuss candidly the unique challenges...

7 Mar 2019