News

27 Feb 2010    

TCD designers present runway show for local high school students

TCD design majors recently mounted a runway show in the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery for visiting Millard North High School students from Omaha and for students from Lincoln's Arts and Humanities High School program. The TCD designers showed garments created in recent Line Development and Draping courses, focusing on unique and intriguing approaches to garment structure and fit. Students were wowed by the trends represented in the designer's creations and several expressed their desire to be able to purchase or commission matches to the garments.



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14 Nov 2009    

TCD help raise funds for Lincoln's Cedars Foundation

Auction assistants and TCD students Arielle Hurd and Anna Keiser display Allie Nielsen’s Jungle bag.



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27 Oct 2009    

TCD students and faculty attend Kansas City Career Day

TCD students with KS Career Day keynote Speaker Nancy Taylor (center)

and Taylor's niece, TCD alum Rebecca Taylor of Tomboy, Inc.

and R. Lee Designs (right)



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27 Oct 2009    

TCD Journalism major Belinda Wright crowned Miss Nebraska

2010 Miss Nebraska Belinda Wright, TCD Journalism major

The TCD community was excited to learn recently that TCDJ student Belinda Wright was crowned Miss Nebraska on Sunday October 25th.  One of three children, she is a native of Scotia, NE (population 300) and is currently a Senior who expects to complete her undergraduate degree in TCD with a journalism emphasis in 2010. Belinda saw competing for Miss Nebraska as a way to challenge herself and to strengthen her self-confidence as well as increase her life skills.

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10 Oct 2009    

Hillestad Gallery Reopens with "Power and Pragmatism"

After a summer-long renovation the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery reopens on Wednesday October 14 with a reception to honor gallery donors and supporters and a panel discussion and informal modeling to celebrate the newest exhibition, Power and Pragmatism: Beyond the Little Black Dress. The entire UNL community and the public are invited to these free events beginning at 6:30 p.m. in room 11 of the Human Sciences Building on East Campus, and continuing in the Hillestad Gallery in the Department of Textiles, Clothing & Design on the building's second floor.

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03 Sep 2009    

TCD PhD students receive John and Louise Skala Fellowships

  l. to r. Quiran "Jesse" Jiang, Helan Xu, and Dr. Yiqi Yang 



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03 Sep 2009    

This Season '09 - The Green Issue

A new issue of the student-produced ‘zine This Season has been published and is available at various pick-up locations in the department. The Green Issue ’09 brought together the talents and skills of a large group of UNL and TCD students under the editorial leadership of Brittney Schuessler, Editor-in-Chief, Madison Simmons, Chief-of-Design, Rachel Sullivan, Chief-of-Photography, and Kristen Vanhessche, Illustrator. Brittney brought to her editor-in-chief role insights gleaned from her summer internship at ELLE Magazine in New York City.

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26 Aug 2009    

TCD Graduate students to show design work at ITAA

 Modern Warrior by Sandra Starkey - photo by Bob Meier

The annual conference of the International Textile and Apparel Association hosts a design competition open to ITAA members and their students, and this year's competition exhibition, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Bellevue, Washington, wll feature the work of four TCD majors.



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