This year’s show has been canceled due to the need for social distancing to stop COVID-19, but students in the department are finding new ways to share their fashion and apparel designs with the world.
Students in Washington State University’s apparel merchandising program are putting their studies to work this spring to connect local businesses with social media-savvy consumers. Jihyeong Son, Assistant Professor in the Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design…
Students at WSU got a real-life lesson in clothing design when they met with 30 plus-size women to talk about their swimwear needs, designing better suits while broadening their understanding of an underserved market.
AMDT brings global apparel industry close to home with help from manufacturer Linea Aqua
PULLMAN, Wash. – Beasley Coliseum transforms into a runway show at “Knockout,” the 32nd annual Mom’s Weekend Fashion Show at Washington State University. The show is 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, produced by students in the Department of Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles. “Knockout” showcases the creative talents of more than 30 undergraduate and graduate […]
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
—Confucius
Dr. Joan Ellis remembered the quote from the Chinese philosopher when revising the senior-level course AMT 440, Advanced Retail Management. Industry reps and AMDT alumni had indicated that students needed more management skills. Yet those skills couldn’t be learned passively from a class lecture alone.
After 28 years of impressing Cougar moms in April, the WSU Mom’s Weekend Fashion Show adopted a theme this year befitting the changes it’s undergone in several decades: Evolution. Even the winning theme design, submitted by Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles senior Casey Burnette, had the feel of a timeline, depicting a model in a beautiful ball gown with a long, flowing train, images of running spotted leopards hidden in its folds.
While 8-year-old Sylvie Eskridge’s mother battled cancer in 2000, doctors, friends and family at the hospital rallied around the child to take care of her when her mother couldn’t. That memory of comfort amid tragedy stayed with Eskridge, now a merchandising major at Washington State University.
Five Apparel, Merchandising, Design, and Textiles students traveled with Dr. Karen Leonas to China May 14-June 4 to learn about textile, apparel, and soft goods manufacturing overseas. In Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing, they visited apparel and textile companies, manufacturing plants, and corporate headquarters; listened to industry guest speakers; and toured major historical and cultural sites.
