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Fashion Students Set a Pattern of Winning Ways
University of Cincinnati fashion design juniors Jay Ott, 22, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Dong Eun Kim, of Daegu, Korea, were just named winners in a national scholarship competition sponsored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Each won by designing a fashion collection, sketching their concepts and detailing how technically the garments would be produced. Its not the first time that Kims work has received national attention. In 2003, he was one of a handful of fashion students chosen to represent the U.S. at Paris
International Competition of Young Fashion Designers
.
The awards are indeed prestigious because the Council of Fashion Designers of America includes the countrys top designers judging the work of students, explained Margie Voelker-Ferrier, coordinator of UCs fashion design program, part of the top-ranked College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.
The UC students were two of ten winners nationally, all of whom will be able to use their winnings for senior-year tuition. The schools represented among the top-ten winners were
University of Cincinnati
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Otis College of Art & Design, Pasadena
Parsons School of Design, New York City
Others invited to participate in the competition included
California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Drexel University, Philadelphia
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
Kent State University, Kent, Oh.
Philadelphia University
Pratt Institute, New York City
Rhode Island School of Design, Provident, R.I.
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
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