AMDT

Photo gallery: Vital creations snag awards at 2022 AMDT Fashion Show

Pepper Family Best in Show Award Winner Grace Skelton with her models and collection: "Ephemeral Autumn." Showcasing dozens of collections themed around life, renewal, and change, students in the Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and…

Gene collection AMDT Fashion Show

WSU student honors lost friends through fashion

Tragedy changed the path of Jansen Garside, taking him from uncertainty to his true creative calling. A 2021 graduate of Washington State University’s Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles, Garside chose a career in design after the deaths of several close friends put life in deeper perspective. He honors their memories in part through […]

A young man in a black mask stands holding a bouquet in front of four women wearing black masks and patterned clothing of black, white, red and blue.

WSU student envisions a future of life on Mars in senior fashion showcase

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, […]

A collage featuring magazine cutouts of Mars, a spaceship, sci-fi movie characters and a color palette of orange and browns makes a mood board.

Virtual collections draw awards for WSU Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textile students

Students in WSU’s Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles (AMDT) won awards in design, potential industry impact, leadership and service this spring, based on their senior ePortfolios and projects, showcased online. In AMDT, WSU’s comprehensive four-year apparel and textiles program, students are challenged to understand all aspects of the textile, apparel, and fashion industry, […]

Yellow, grey, and black collage of different patterns.