Five faculty members received three types of awards from the WSU Teaching Academy, recognizing their impact on excellence in teaching and learning across the institution.
The students chose different patterns, mixing two layers of fabric for each blanket. The blankets were donated to two groups based in Spokane: the Crosswalk Youth Shelter and Women’s Hearth.
WSU students studying apparel design presented their collection during the 38th annual university fashion show April 10.
Apparel design majors created their collection based on this year’s theme, “Zeitgeist,” said Xingqiu Lou, teaching assistant professor for WSU’s Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles.
The show was filmed April 1 and 2 and streamed on Youtube at a later date. Lou said the designers had professional photos taken of themselves and their models in addition to the show.
One participating designer, senior Brandon Dunbar, said he originally pursued a business degree at the University of Washington, Tacoma before deciding to study apparel design at WSU.
April 7, 2021
By Lauren Paterson
College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences
High fashion often looks out of this world. WSU senior Brandon Dunbar is designing pieces to be worn on another planet.
Dunbar’s style has echoes of sci-fi and cyberpunk, with sharp lines, futuristic shapes, and bold colors. “I wanted to imagine what life would look like on Mars,” said the WSU Department Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles (AMDT) student.
After originally starting on a business and marketing degree at a community college, Dunbar decided to transfer to WSU to learn about textiles and clothing.
Rather than the more avant garde style of fashion seen on the runways which exaggerate the final look of clothes for a more theatrical debut, Dunbar said he went in a more realistic direction.