Casual wardrobe staple or work of art? For these FDM 338 students, it’s both! In Ju-Young Kang’s 2D/3D Computer-Aided Design class, students created Hawaiian-inspired T-shirt prints. Twelve of the designs, by nine FDM students, were accepted for presentation and exhibited at the 2019 7th annual T-Shirt International Exhibition at the Gyo Dong Museum of Art in South Korea!

FDM alumna Jennifer Bright and her sustainable design business Wear on Earth – Hawai‘i will be featured in a pop-up Kama‘aina One-Day Event. Come support them! Date: Saturday, July 20. Time: 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Location: Bloomingdale’s at Ala Moana Center

Students at the recent Convocation showed the usual pride, excitement, and stacks of colorful lei. But there was something different about their appearance this year. Spring 2019 was the first class to receive a congratulatory CTAHR stole, handmade by committed students and faculty of the college. The work of the volunteer collective, the “Stole Society,” was spearheaded by FDM but included other departments as well.

For one glamorous and dazzling evening, Honolulu was the fashion capital of the Pacific as UH students and models presented the “next big thing” in clothing design at the 53^rd Fashion Show. Models in dresswear, swimwear, and menswear, and the individual collections of three junior FDM designers strutted down the runway showing off this year’s design collections.

Apologies for some misstatements about FDM’s 53rd Annual Fashion Show in last week’s CTAHR Notes—don’t let it keep you from enjoying a “Sweet Escape” on April 28! The show will feature three junior designers, offering exciting swimwear, menswear, and dresswear designs. And showtime is 7:00–9:00 p.m., but doors open at 5:30 for VIPs and 6:00 for the general public.