Missouri State University fashion merchandising and management alumni and Modern Society owner, Andrea Christy, was recently featured during “Entrepreneur Week” on KOZL’s Ozark’s Live @ 4. Andrea discusses how her classes at Missouri State prepared her for the challenges of business ownership.
To view Andrea’s interview, please click on the following link.
Applications are now being taken for the Study Away trip to Italy and Greece for this summer, May 23 to June 9. HID students can substitute the trip for one of their design history classes. There is a $500.00 scholarship available to all trip participants who were a freshman entering MSU in 2009 or 2010. Contact Marciann Patton with any questions: marciannpatton@missouristate.edu
Congratulations to Fashion Merchandising and Design alumni Jamie Kantner for being hired as a technical designer for the men’s and boy’s department of Walmart. Jamie graduated in the fall of 2011 with dual options in fashion merchandising and management and an option in fashion design and product development. Her collection was featured in the Spring 2011 Missouri State University ”Inspire” Fashion Show.
Students are asked to design a light fixture to illuminate the task area of an airline ticket counter. The fixture should light the task, the patron and agent on either side of the counter and provide ambient light. The fixture should be mounted to the counter and not suspended from the ceiling. The ticketing area of the airport is a voluminous space with a ceiling height of 20’. Consider the issues of the integration and/or expression of the fixture in the architecture, glare and maintenance. It is up to you to determine the design of the ticketing area. Your fixture should use energy-efficient lamps, such as fluorescent, LED, metal halide or other light sources with good color rendering and long life. The ballast or power supply should be integral to the fixture. Self-ballasted lamps and other retrofit lamps that fit into incandescent screw base sockets are not acceptable. Identify all major components and materials.
Entrants must submit an “Application Form” and your 11″x17″ presentation sheets (maximum of 4 sheets). NOTE: The file size cannot exceed 10MB. Both the online and hard copy application form must be submitted no later than April 6, 2012.
The top three prizes awarded will be $5,000, $2,500, and $1,000 respectively.
For more information please visit www.rbtcompetition.org
Former fashion design student Emily Bradford and current fashion design student Leanna Yanes are competing in the Adrianna Papell for E!Online Live from the Red Carpet Design Competition. To vote for the designers’ pieces, you must have a Facebook account. The dresses with the top 25 votes will go on to be voted by a panel of designers to
make up the top five. The winner will then be chosen, and the dress will be made and featured on the red carpet in February!
Click the following link to see Emily and Leanna’s dress and to vote: http://eandadriannapapellpromotion.com/contest/?z=1140
Congratulations to fashion design and merchandising student Hayley Moore who won first place in the U by Kotex design challenge! Hayley’s story was recently featured in the Springfield News-Leader. To read a copy of the article, please follow the attached link.
Kansas City, Sept. 22nd. Overnight to visit Roth Appliances Showroom, Sunderland Tile Showroom, lunch on the Plaza and a visit to the Nelson Atkins Art Museum. Sign up sheets located on the ASID bulletin board. Hotel, breakfast and dinner provided.
Contact Signey Akins for more information.
Kurtz622@live.missouristate.edu
Christian Health Care East will feature a speaking engagement for couture fashion designer Dick Du Puis. Dick’s career spanned over 30 years and began in the 1950’s. He designed for such labels as Don Miguel, Neal of California, Miss Elliette, Jack Bryan, and House of Warren Z. A PowerPoint presentation will feature his creations and Dick will be available for a question and answer session. The event will be held at Christian Health Care Center (behind Sam’s Club), 3535 E. Cherokee, Sunshine and Highway 65. Tuesday, August 9th at 10:00 a.m.. If you are interested in attending, please contact Allison at 417-889-9955 to RSVP.
The following link details more biographical information.
http://http://www.sydneysvintageclothing.com/cart/pages/California_Fashion_Designers.html
Potentials Resale Boutique, a nonprofit resale shop located in Creve Coeur, Missouri, is looking for volunteers. Students who live in the St. Louis area and are looking for volunteer hours in retail/resale are welcome to apply.
Potentials Resale Boutique offers flexible schedules and a store discount based on the number of hours completed. Applications can be found online at www.potentialsresale.org.
With summer 2011 deployments, [TC]² 3D body scanning will now be part of fifty-five different educational programs worldwide. The most recent new member in this rapidly growing club are Missouri State.
See what key educators and researchers from these institutions have to say about their plans to utilize scanning technology.
Sandra Bailey, Missouri State: “The NX-16 3D body scanning system will be purchased to conduct research on fit and evaluation of clothing and to research perception of ideal body image and its effect on clothing selection in today’s market. It will also be used to fit models for original designs in the Missouri State Fashion program.
The purchase of the body scanning system will allow the FID Department and Missouri State University to conduct multiple research studies which will result in presentations and publications. This not only benefits the professors, it will be used in coursework to demonstrate to the students the power and benefits of scholarly work. Students will be able to see how the body scanning system works and to learn first-hand about research design and conducting research studies. There are plans to work collaboratively across disciplines and to work collaboratively with other universities across the globe. Students will be allowed to learn how to operate the body scanning system in a limited fashion.
In summary, the body scanning system will be beneficial to the professors conducting the research, students that participate in the studies, and to the university with collaborative research studies across disciplines, with multiple universities, and in peer-reviewed presentations and juried publications.”