On August 20, 2020, Fashion Design Program Director Farai Simoyi joined KYW Newsradio to discuss COVID-19’s impact on fashion. As the pandemic continues to alter all aspects of people’s lives, consumer...
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What to expect as a First-Year Textile Design Student
We often feature the exceptional work of our graduating seniors, grad students, and alumni, but what about first-year students? What are they making? If you are thinking about enrolling in Textile Design or perhaps...
Programs: Textile Design
Learning Pattern Design Basics through Childrens’ Fashion
Its cute, its fun, its colorful, and each year, it proves to be a crowd favorite category at the Annual Fashion Show. Childrenswear, designed and produced by sophomore level fashion design students in the Pattern...
Programs: Fashion Design
Red Dress Fashion for Womens Heart Health
Annually, Jefferson fashion design junior students partner with the American Heart Association to create red dresses for the annual “Rock the Red Dress Fashion Show”. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, this...
Programs: Fashion Design
Fashion Design Senior Collection Photoshoot: Behind the Scene
It is spring semester, or if you are a graduating senior, the final semester of your undergraduate education. While finishing classes and graduation are forefront in our seniors’ minds, so are prepping portfolios...
Programs: Fashion Design
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Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna’s Influence on Textile Design
Like the rest of the School of Design and Engineering, Textile Design faculty and students alike were excited for the talk given by Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna on Jan 27th. And she did not disappoint! Lavinia talked not...
Jefferson Hits the Runway at New York Fashion Week
Fashion design students Marquies Smith and Robin Skodi showcase socially conscious collections. A pair of Jefferson students captured the fashion world’s collective eye during New York Fashion Week. Fashion...
Programs: Fashion Design
Playing in the Classroom Inspires Student Creativity
On Monday, in Jefferson’s Advanced CAD class, I challenged my Junior & Senior Fashion Design students through a series of timed challenges to provide them with the prime environment for creative problem...
Programs: Fashion Design
Advancing the Future of the Fashion Industry: Masters Studies in Fashion Design Management
The business of fashion has significantly changed over the past two decades. With today’s consumer pulling inspiration from multiple sources via social media and other digital platforms, they no longer feel the need to...
Programs: M.S. Fashion Design Management
Italian Fashion Designer Lavinia Biagiotti Talks Family and Fashion
On Monday, January 24, 2020, world-renowned Italian fashion designer Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna visited Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus to talk to students about her experiences in the fashion industry...
Programs: Fashion Design
