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Kānaka, Local, Malihini 20 June 2024

Kānaka, Local, Malihini

FDM prof speaks at Fashioning Aloha exhibition

As model (and incoming UH student) Makana Gomes sported various types of shirts, Andy Reilly of the Fashion Design and Merchandising program, Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences, educated the audience at the Honolulu Museum of Art on the relation between aloha shirts and personal identity.

In the Multiverse 29 April 2024

In the Multiverse

58th Annual UHM Fashion Show is Tuesday 4/30!

Bring your eye for flair and impeccable sense of taste to UH Campus Center Ballroom at 5:30pm for the 58th annual UHM fashion show! The event will provide invaluable experience and training for the FDM students involved and will give them the opportunity of presenting their work and accomplishments in the program to the public and members of the business community. 

Height of Haute Couture 29 April 2024

Height of Haute Couture

One-of-a-kind gown is donated to UH Costume Collection

In her lifetime, the Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori was the only Asian person to be accepted by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode – the French organization that governs haute couture fashion.

The Magic of Fashion 28 February 2024

The Magic of Fashion

FDM students broaden their horizons at a mega-show in Las Vegas

Nine lucky students traveled with me to one of the largest fashion conventions in the world in Las Vegas, February 14 and 15. Each year, “Magic” attracts vendors and manufacturers from around the world to showcase their collections to industry buyers. This event is not open to the public, but as faculty in the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences, I was able to take students to experience this aspect of the fashion industry. 

Houston, We Have a PFA 8 November 2023

Houston, We Have a PFA

FDM looks to NASA to improve firefighter gear

You’ve seen Shark Tank? Well, welcome to Space Tank. A UH research team led by Shu-Hwa Lin of the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences, Fashion Design and Merchandising Program, is heading to Houston to compete in NASA’s MITTIC Competition. Besides participating in the federal space agency’s contest – the first Hawaiʻi group to do so – the team will seek guidance from NASA experts who study fire resistance during spaceship re-entry.

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