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23 Jul 2013    

For the Body, for the Soul: African Textiles and Costumes from the Natalie Hahn Collection

Exhibition at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
2nd Floor Human Sciences Building , 35 and Holdrege Streets, East Campus
July 15 – September 20, 2013
 



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02 Jul 2013    

Smith earns Best of Show

Congratulations to TMFD major Rachael Smith on receiving the AAFCS's Best of Show Undergraduate Award for her design "Geometrics in Lace" at the 104th AAFCS Design Showcase & Exhibition in Houston, Texas last week. 
Congratulations also to Assistant Professor of Practice Youngjoo Lee and TMFD major Kailtlyn Coufal for the selection of their design works, also featured in the AAFCS show.

 

 



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26 Jun 2013    

"The Sounds of Fashion," a runway show by Yang Yu

“The Sounds of Fashion,” a runway show by Yang Yu.

This show features fashion design work inspired by decades of significant, international musical styles.

Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:00 p.m.
East Campus Union Great Plains Room

This show is the culmination of Yang Yu’s Option II in fulfillment of a Master of Arts Degree in Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design in the College of Education and Human Sciences.

The public is welcome.

 



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30 May 2013    

TMFD Merchandising major Anna Keiser wins Ray M. Greenly Scholarship

Washington, May 30, 2013 – More than two dozen college students, including TMFD's Anna Keiser, received great news this month when they learned they were chosen as recipients of $5,000 scholarships from the National Retail Federation Foundation’s Ray M. Greenly Scholarship Fund.



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30 May 2013    

Keiser, TMFD, awarded scholarship and stipend

CEHS is happy to announce that TMFD Merchandising major Anna Keiser is the recipient of the Ray M. Greenly Scholarship awarded by the National Retail Federation. The $5000 scholarship is also accompanied by a $2500 stipend that will underwrite Anna's attendance at the NRF's annual convention in Chicago this Fall.



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29 May 2013    

TMFD rates high in FashionSchools.org poll

TMFD rated 8th nationally in Merchandising programs by FashionSchools.org. The program also was rated 19th among design schools.



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07 May 2013    

Constructing History: Structures and Silhouettes

Period dress speaks of the wearer and the decades past. Recreating historical garments allows us to learn about sewing and design. This exhibit features both original historical garments and reproductions, telling the story of fashion in the Midwest.

Molly McPherson curates Constructing History: Structures and Silhouettes.

The exhibit can be seen at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, May 13 through June 28, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 



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29 Apr 2013    

TMFD Faculty and Students Travel to Dallas Career Day

Thirty-five students and four faculty from Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design traveled to Texas from April 10 through 12 for the 45th Annual Dallas Career Day sponsored by Fashion Group International.

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22 Apr 2013    

TMFD Students receive Mary Mitchell Fashion Excellence Awards

Jurors Nicole Ruskamp, Shubha Bennur and Kiersten Runnels score a garment in the 2013 Sheldon Runway Show. TMFD is happy to announce the winners of the Mary Mitchell Fashion Excellence Awards for the Spring 2013 Sheldon Museum of Art Biennial Runway show held on April 9 in the Great Hall of the Sheldon, and the Hillestad Gallery student exhibit "Renewable Dreaming" now on view in the gallery through May 3:

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15 Apr 2013    

Renewable Dreaming: an exhibit at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery

A new exhibit at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery showcases garments and textiles created by undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design.

To create the "Renewable Dreaming" exhibit students researched sustainability in different aspects of textile and garment production. The students designed and created the textiles using many different techniques, including screen-printing, shibori and digital printing.

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