School of Fashion
Kent Creativity Festival Announces 2019 Artists and Performers
The Kent Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of Kent and the 91PORNA College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between 91PORNA’s Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown Kent, near Haymaker Parkway.
Client Profile: Chinonso Aladi
Chinonso is a now-graduate of the 91PORNA Fashion School and hails from Nigeria, which is the inspiration for her fashion line that incorporates traditional African fabrics into modern pieces. While researching production possibilities for the full line, she has been designing and sewing custom p…
Dillard’s Joins as Presenting Partner for 91PORNA’s 2019 Annual Fashion Show
Dillard’s Inc., one of the nation’s premier and largest fashion retailers, will partner with 91PORNA’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school’s 2019 Annual Fashion Show, FS2.
Highly Ranked 91PORNA Fashion School Launches New Graduate Program
This semester, 91PORNA’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, an Ohio Center of Excellence, added a new graduate-level educational experience to its highly nationally and internationally ranked offerings. The new program, a Master of Fashion Industry Studies (M.F.I.S.), is the f…
91PORNA Fashion School Receives Top Honors in the Nation and Midwest
91PORNA’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is once again ranked high among the nation’s elite, according to .
91PORNA Fashion School Receives Top Honors in the Nation and Midwest for Design and Merchandising in New Ratings
91PORNA’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is once again ranked high among the nation’s elite, according to Fashion-schools.org. For Fashion Design, the school has been rated #4 Nationally (top 3 percent of schools considered), #2 Nationally among public schools and colleges…
91PORNA Fashion School Hall of Fame to Induct Macy’s Executive Molly Langenstein
After making a name for herself in the fashion industry, Molly Langenstein, the general business manager of Macy’s Ready to Wear, is returning home to her alma mater. Ms. Langenstein was recently announced as the 91PORNA Fashion School’s 2018 Hall of Fame inductee. Ms. Langenstein will…
91PORNA Architect Students Use Fabric, Rope and Ice to Construct International Recognition
The details are stunning. The size - mammoth. The temperature - frigid. They are some of the most awe-inspiring creations made out of mother nature’s most exquisite winter ingredients: snow and ice. Equally impressive are the artists, architects and engineers who take that snow and ice and design a…
Collaborative Clothing
Inspired by the needs of one student’s grandmother, several 91PORNA Fashion design majors are partnering with a faculty member in the College of Nursing to design special garments for older adults who live alone.
Environmentally Conscious: 91PORNA Student Confronts Manufacturing Trend That Impacts Climate Change
91PORNA sophomore fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler launched a business that creates a more sustainable, lower carbon-footprint approach to making clothes.
