Award Winning UNT Fashion Design Students!

On Friday, April 17th the Fashion Design students at UNT participated in the 41th annual Fashion Group International’s Career Day at the World Trade Center in Dallas, TX. This event is a one-day educational symposium created to mentor and develop tomorrow’s leaders and entrepreneurs in the fashion industry. It is the largest event of its kind in the US. It has over 1,200 participants from 42 schools in 10 states. The finale of the event is a juried fashion design competition in a runway show exhibiting hundreds of students’ designs from schools nationwide. At the end of the show students are presented with awards for excellence in design. The University of North Texas excelled once again this year, receiving the following awards which totaled over $10,000!

Top Achievement Award: 1 month, all expense paid scholarship to Paris American Academy: Stephanie Montes

Lectra Award for Most Creative: Emily MacKinnon

1st Place in Casual Design: Kourtney Williams

2nd Place in Casual Design: Kristi Sckade

1st Place in Cotton: Emily MacKinnon

2nd Place in Cotton: Stephanie Montes

3rd Place in Cotton: Missy Bergemann

1st Place in Wool: Sara Hoffman

2nd Place in Wool: Stephanie Montes