Category: fashion design

  • Playground Detroit had its origin in NYC. How Fashion Designer Paulina Petkoski employed her design skills to help make it happen

    It can be easier to be a creative in Detroit, the city where she grew up, says Paulina Petkoski (Fashion Design ’10), but it helps to get a jump-start in New York City. After nearly a decade of working and designing in NYC, she returned to her hometown Detroit in 2014. Petkoski had already co-founded…

  • A Passage to India 20 Feet at a Time

    There was a special rapport and intimacy shared at the recent fabric and embroidery workshops led by Dr. Vaddi Sarvani from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Hyderbad, India. The visiting professor spent a week teaching saree draping and Indian embroideries to Fashion Design and Textile Surface Design students and faculty.  “Her knowledge was…

  • Divine Indeed!

    The Future of Fashion Walks the Runway! Congratulations to all of our 2015 Future of Fashion designers! We look forward to your great careers ahead.   Photo: Rachel Ellner

  • Erick Garcia in the “News”

    In a New York Daily News profile of Erick Garcia, the first-year Fashion Design student states his preference for “natural, subtle beauty.” He also admires top designers like Oscar de la Renta and Elie Saab. Garcia’s vision and ready inspiration come from his immersion in New York City and Dominican Republic life. But with more  formal…