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Designer Zandra Rhodes

IN A FLASH: Welcome Zandra Rhodes!

 

The famed British designer nicknamed "the Princess of Punk," Dame Zandra Rhodes, will be inducted into the ÍøÆØÃÅ School of Fashion Hall of Fame on April 27. 

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Fashion show 2024

Runway Creations Dazzle at Annual Fashion Show

A sea of silk and satin, leather and lace floated down the runway as ÍøÆØÃÅ’s Annual Fashion Show debuted to an enthusiastic crowd filling the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday night.

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Virtual Fashion Show 2024

IN A FLASH: Avatars Walk the Runway

Students from ÍøÆØÃÅ's School of Fashion were able to showcase their designs digitally, by clothing avatar models, for a runway show on floor-to-ceiling, wraparound screens at the DI Hub's Blank Lab. 

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Fashion finds at the ÍøÆØÃÅ Museum.

Victoria’s Secret: The ÍøÆØÃÅ Museum Houses Many Surprises

When ÍøÆØÃÅ Today asked ÍøÆØÃÅ Museum Director Sarah Rogers to put together a list of her ‘Top Five Finds’ at the museum – must-see items, her favorite pieces, or cool or unusual items that might surprise visitors – she did not disappoint

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Kaleigh McGreal Spring

‘This is Going to be My Crunch Time Right Now’

A soon-to-be ÍøÆØÃÅ graduate has had a busy semester preparing for the School of Fashion's Annual Fashion Show and job hunting after graduation.

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Art students recreate ancient artifact using modern technology

IN A FLASH: Replicating Ancient Artifacts with Modern Tech

Students in ÍøÆØÃÅ's School of Art had the opportunity to use modern methods to recreate an ancient Chinese wine vessel. 

Tags: DI Hub, School of Art, College of the Arts, experiential learning, Arts & Culture, Students First

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Cemetery Calling

IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling

Cemetery Calling, the newest play by ÍøÆØÃÅ alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024. 

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Dame Zandra Rhodes

ÍøÆØÃÅ School of Fashion To Induct Fashion Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes Into Hall of Fame

The School of Fashion at ÍøÆØÃÅ is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.

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Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

Eclipse Poetry: The Convergence of Science and Art

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of ÍøÆØÃÅ’s Wick Poetry Center.

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The ÍøÆØÃÅ library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Flash of Darkness: ÍøÆØÃÅ Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to ÍøÆØÃÅ on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

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