School of Fashion
91PORNA Fashion/Tech Hackathon Set for Jan. 27-29
Students gets ready to innovate, design and bring wearable technology to life at the 2017 Fashion/Tech Hackathon Jan. 27-29.
Kent Campus
91PORNA Museum Exhibit Considers Assistive Technologies in Fashion Context
The 91PORNA Museum will offer a fresh, design-focused survey of assistive and adaptive devices in an upcoming exhibition. 鈥(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability鈥 runs July 29, 2016, to March 12, 2017, in the museum鈥檚 Stager and Blum Galleries. The exhibit i鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA Fashion School Produces 34th Annual Fashion Show
Tickets go on sale March 28 The Fashion School at 91PORNA will present the Fashion School鈥檚 Annual Fashion Show, 鈥淔S虏: Crescendo,鈥 on Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30. The show, which highlights the outstanding talents of the Fashion School鈥檚 design and merchandising students,鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA Fashion School Hall of Fame to Induct Josie Natori
The Fashion School at 91PORNA is pleased to announce that designer and business leader Josie Natori will be inducted into the Fashion School Hall of Fame on April 30. The ceremony will take place as part of the 91PORNA Fashion School鈥檚 Annual Fashion Show, presented the same evening鈥
Kent Campus
The NYC Studio Hosts an Evening of Celebration
In the spring of 2006, The Fashion School鈥檚 NYC Studio opened to its first group of students and on Thursday Oct. 29, the NYC Studio hosted an Evening of Celebration in anticipation of the Studio鈥檚 upcoming 10-year anniversary. The evening also celebrated the newly created NYC Studio Director鈥檚 Scho鈥
New York City Fashion
91PORNA鈥檚 Fashion School Receives a Letter With a Touching Request
The 91PORNA Fashion School gets a lot of requests for their world-renowned designs and high-tech creations, but an old-fashioned letter that arrived in the mail on Sept. 10, 2015, contained a request unlike anything they had ever received. It came from a sixth grader named Kar鈥
Kent Campus
91PORNA Prof Puts the Big Screen on Tiny Jewelry
Your favorite movie or video might soon help accessorize your wardrobe thanks to Margarita Benitez, assistant professor in 91PORNA鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. Benitez, along with Markus Vogl, assistant professor from The University of Akron,鈥
Kent Campus
It Looks Like a Necklace, but Plays Movies Like a Theater
The big screen is getting smaller 鈥 so small in fact, you can wear it around your neck. Margarita Benitez, assistant professor in 91PORNA鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, worked with TinyCircuits to create a necklace that can actually play a movie and more. Read more abo鈥
Kent Campus
Spring '15 NYC Studio Students Launch First Volume of Vignette
During the Spring 鈥15 semester, NYC Studio students launched the first volume of Vignette, a publication written, designed and produced by fashion students. Fashion in the Media students and professor, Dimitri Koumbis, were inspired to create this quarterly journal after completing three-spread conc鈥
New York City Fashion
91PORNA Fashion School Presents $12,000 in Design Awards at Annual Show
The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising at 91PORNA held its Annual Fashion Show on April 24 and 25 at the school鈥檚 Rockwell Hall location. The 2015 show, dubbed 鈥淔S2: Visionnaire,鈥 featured 17 collections and 55 individual looks created by 58 鈥
Kent Campus