SPRING 2025 STUDENT PORTFOLIO
Table of Contents First-Year Studio Handwoven Sample Collection Stuffed Animal Project FTD 200 T-shirt Project Collaborative Mini Collections
Fashion Design FTD 216 Final Project
Textile Design
Fashion Development and Product Management FTM 219 Final Project FTM 271 Final Project FTM 315 Final Project FTM 317 Final Project
Runway and Design Shows Emerging Designers Showcase AATS Fashion Exposé Art2Wear
FTD 374 Kaftan Project FTD 374 Final Project
Front cover designer attribution from left to right: Sarah Do, Henry Tran, Bella Reeves, Erin Kimmel. Photos courtesy: Amanda Law Photography. Design by Riley Hall. Direction and editing by Sarah Stone.
FIRST-YEAR STUDIO
HANDWOVEN SAMPLE COLLECTION For this project, students were challenged to create original textile designs by hand, using unconventional looms and yarns. The resulting woven samples were then Photoshopped onto original fashion design sketches, creating unique patterns.
Allie Albrecht I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
HANDWOVEN SAMPLE COLLECTION
Sienna Cuevas I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
STUFFED ANIMAL PROJECT COLLECTION In this project, fashion and textile design students worked in groups to create collections of soft, animal-inspired toys. Each group also developed an original storyline, similar to that of a children’s book or cartoon, with each stuffed animal representing a specific character in the story.
Sienna Cuevas I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
FTD 200: T-SHIRT PROJECT In their first-year studio, fashion and textile design students learn how to work within design constraints. For this project, they’re challenged to take a simple flat t-shirt pattern and adapt its design and structure to create something fresh and original.
Melyn Hales I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
COLLABORATIVE MINI COLLECTIONS This was the final project for FTD 200, where students worked in small groups to design and produce a mini collection together. The collection below, titled “Threads of the Tide,” was created by Melyn Hales, Allie Albrecht and Andrea Castillo and focuses on sustainability and the beach.
Melyn Hales, Allie Albrecht, Andrea Castillo I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
FASHION DESIGN
FTD 216 FINAL PROJECT Sophomore fashion design students are randomly paired with a designer and decade from the last century. Their task is to create mini-collections inspired by the chosen designer’s processes and preferences. This example is inspired by Issey Miyaki and his influence on the 1970s.
Olivia Jurney I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
FTD 216 FINAL PROJECT This collection was inspired by Valentino Garavani and his influence in the 1960s.
Neely Mallik I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
FTD 216 FINAL PROJECT This collection was inspired by Paul Poiret and his influence in the year 1906.
Colin Tran I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
FTD 216 FINAL PROJECT This collection was inspired by Donna Karan and her influence in the year 1984.
Raúl Lima I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
TEXTILE DESIGN
FTD 374: KAFTAN PROJECT Sophomore textile design students used computer-aided design and the college’s digital printing lab to create and produce their own kaftans.
Abby Galbo I B.S. FTD – Textile Design
FTD 374: KAFTAN PROJECT
Jamie Piraino I B.S. FTD – Textile Design
FTD 374: KAFTAN PROJECT
Bailey Sigmon I B.S. FTD – Textile Design
FTD 374: KAFTAN PROJECT
Sophie Clark I B.S. FTD – Textile Design
FTD 374: KAFTAN PROJECT
Molly Spangler I B.S. FTD – Textile Design
FTD 374: FINAL PROJECT During their final project, groups of sophomore textile design students used a variety of both handcrafted and digital textile design techniques to create a cohesive collection for an interior space. The Eloise May collection is show below.
Abby Galbo, Sophie Clark, Bailey Sigmon, Summer VanGastle | B.S. FTD – TD
FASHION DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
FTM 219: FINAL PROJECT During their first studio course, FTM 219, fashion development and product management students are tasked with creating either a men’s dress shirt or women’s sheath dress for their final project.
Hadley Pugh I B.S. FTM – Fashion Development and Product Management
FTM 271: FINAL PROJECT During their first CAD course, FTM 271, fashion development and product management students are tasked with creating motifs and making different virtual fabrics and use visual prototyping and photoshopping to place the patterns they designed on everyday items.
Hadley Pugh I B.S. FTM – Fashion Development and Product Management
FTM 315: FINAL PROJECT At the end of FTM 315: Fashion Product Design, students are challenged to create a cohesive look that follows the principles of Universal Design as well as create custom pattern pieces for both garments produced.
Riley Hall and Maddie Weber I B.S. FTM – Fashion Development and Product Management
FTM 315: FINAL PROJECT
Jordynn Snyder and Madeline Harris I B.S. FTM – Fashion Development and Product Management
FTM 317: FINAL PROJECT Students were challenged to create a portfolio and website of a look consisting of two or more pieces using programs such as Gerber Accumark to pattern the pieces for the look. Students then used CLO 3D to bring the patterns to life and virtually sew the garments.
Riley Hall I B.S. FTM – Fashion Development and Product Management
RUNWAY AND DESIGN SHOWS
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE The FTD Emerging Designers Showcase celebrates the debut of capstone collections designed by seniors in the fashion and textile design program. Students spend the semester developing cohesive collections specific to their concentration.
“Adaptation in Flux” I Henry Tran I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Tutto Scorre” | Erin Kimmel I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“The Archive of Her” I Isabella Fordin I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Lacey Lullabies” I Jasmine VanBlon I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Oasis” I Jayla Renaud I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Blue Blood Rodeo” I Alicia Ibarra I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE “The Enchanted Type” I Bee Mangine I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design | Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“For all we’ve been through” I Priscilla Martinez I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“The Creation” I Jenna Burgin I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Vivid Pantheon” I Anna Lia Ritchie I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“The Divine” I Bella Reeves I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Fated Empress” I Sarah Do I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Bal du Liban” I Mark Saber I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design I Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Bridge Club” Hollis Faulkner I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Mirage Motel” I Beasley Gordon I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“The Sunshine Club” I Julia McNamara I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE “Strange World” Liz Winfrey I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Happy Hour” Lauren Jones I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Allegory of Burning Light” Matthew Riddle I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Before the Rooster Crows” Amanda Cease I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Something Old, Something New” I Grace Avery I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“French Countryside Chateaux Meets Parisian Chic” Sophie Penn I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Decadence” I Tessa Dionne I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Rosewood” I Brenna Buzzacco I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Life is Full, I am Full of Life” I Alexa Karrenbauer I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
EMERGING DESIGNERS SHOWCASE
“Wabi-Sabi” I Shayleigh Larsen I B.S. FTD – Textile Design Photo Courtesy: Amanda Law Photography
AATS FASHION EXPOSÉ Each year, the African American Textile Society’s Fashion Exposé allows up-and-coming designers from around the Triangle to showcase their work in a judged runway show.
Sarah Grace Simas I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design
ART2WEAR Art2Wear is a wearable art show hosted by the College of Design each year. Students from across NC State are welcome to apply each year to send their collections or individual looks down the runway.
Devyn Williams I B.S. FTD – Fashion Design