RadiciSpandex hosts student competition
30/04/2009
RadiciSpandex Corporation has announced the five winners of a student design competition.
The fibre manufacturer has been holding the 'Stretch to the Future' competition since 1999 for the junior class design students of The Fashion School of Kent State University in Ohio.
Staged at Kent’s outpost studio in New York on April 24, the judging session also featured designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai, founders of the popular contemporary womenswear label Vena Cava.
Alexandria Kakoules was the student won the Grand Prize for a one-piece swimsuit constructed in material donated by Darlington Fabrics.
The winner in the activewear category was Christine Barbas for a three-piece design consisting of a zip-up vest, a long-sleeve top and leggings using fabrics from Darlington, Gehring Textiles, Paul Gottlieb and Sextet Fabrics.
Chelsea Paskvan won the swimwear category for a swimsuit and cover-up designed in fabrics from Sextet.
Brittney Sampsel took the lingerie honors for a bustier and panty featuring Sextet and Cyberknit fabrics while Jenna Weickert won the eveningwear category with her gown designed in black stretch fabric from Darlington.
This year’s winners were selected from a field of 30 students, nearly double the previous year’s entrants. The students competed with garments designed in stretch fabrics containing RadiciSpandex RadElast spandex donated by Brookwood Companies, Darlington Fabrics, Gehring Textiles, McMurray Fabrics, Paul Gottlieb, Sextet Fabrics, Starensier, and Symphony Fabrics.
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