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Behind the Runway Curtain

Behind the Runway Curtain

Anchor Intro: Every event needs a conductor of some kind. Models practice their runway routine to prepare for the annual fashion show on April 25. [bbrvideo]BBR_S7_Booker_PreShow[/bbrvideo] Kent State hosts its annual Fashion Show in Rockwell Hall on Friday April 25, 2015. The award show will follow on Saturday April 26. This year, the show added some new features. According to Senior Co-Producer, Angie Wische, this year’s sponsors are Macy’s and Dillards. Wische, who has been working on the production of…

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Minorities Give Perspective

Minorities Give Perspective

[bbrvideo]BBR_S4_Booker_Minority[/bbrvideo] Anchor Intro: Men in the Fashion School give their prospective on how it feels to be in a predominately women drive market. Fashion is a profession dominated by women. In Rockwell Hall, women are not the only students creating clothes. Fashion Design Sophmore, Janaai Jones, is part of a generation of Fashion. He sees being in a profession dominated by women in a different prospective. Jones: “You hear things and see things… Its interesting, it calms me. Being around…

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Scanner Takes Measurements

Scanner Takes Measurements

 Kent State University’s Fashion School houses a new machine that takes measurements without measuring tape. [bbrvideo]BBR_Booker_S1_BodySlug[/bbrvideo] “Welcome to the most advanced technology in 3-D Body Scanning.” Meet the 3-D Body scanner housed in Rockwell Hall. According to the Tech Style Lab General Manager, Kevin Wolfgang, the scanner has been in Rockwell Hall for 3 years. “16 Xbox Connect Cameras. They fire off in succession and so there is 4 in each corner. There are 16 pictures that are taken and…

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Technology and Fashion Collide

Technology and Fashion Collide

[bbrvideo]BBR_Booker_P4_Techlab[/bbrvideo] A place where Fashion and technology meet half way on the runway is the TechStyle Lab at Kent State University. Students can create a digital product and print it in the same room. What makes this lab unique? Located on the second floor of Rockwell Hall, it houses machines that give your eyes a show as it finishes your final product. Inside the lab there is a 3-D printer, a laser cutter, and a digital fabric printer. Do you dislike the feeling…

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Women Don’t Rule Fashion

Women Don’t Rule Fashion

Women are not the only queens of fashion. There has been a stronger thrust into the fashion industry from the opposite gender. According to Kasia Gibbs, President of Modista Fashion Club at Kent State, there are a few men that see “fashion as their passion”. Women may cover the Fashion School at Kent State, but men have also invaded the school as well. Project Runway winner, Suede, is one of the most prominent men in fashion. The Kent State Alumni…

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