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Student Work

Desiya Smith '21

Desiya Smith designed and constructed a soft sided Purse/Luggage collection for her Senior Seminar in Fashion capstone project. She received a Fashion Department award...

 
Most Marketable Senior Collection of 2021

 

Congratulations Desiya!

Amanda Castanon '22

Amanda Castanon has designed and constructed a collection that will be featured in the Albright College New York City Fashion Week Fashion Show in September 2021. Her collection is entitled…

 

Renaissance Faire

 

Congratulations Amanda!

Amanda Castanon with Renaissance Faire collection
Sarah Kim '22

Sarah Kim recently completed her first tailoring project as an Independent Study. Sarah has brought excellent sewing skills to her course studies at Albright College. Congratulations on demonstrated excellence in all your classwork Sarah!

The 2019 Pennsylvania Dance Ensemble Victorian Ball  
The 2019 Pennsylvania Dance Ensemble Victorian Ball  

The construction of Victorian Ball gowns and corsets are part of the requirements for the FAS/THR 220 Costume Construction course.  Several students have taken this project to the next step by studying the social graces of the Victorian era and learning the dances of the period.

 

Staci Gibison '20, Marina Nye '19 and Emily Webb '20 attended the 2019 Pennsylvania Dance Ensembles Victorian Ball on the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg, PA

2019 Posters presentations at the 20th Annual Higher Education Council of Berks County Conference

Congratulations to the following costume and fashion students who presented posters at the 20th Annual Higher Education Council of Berks County Conference, April 27, 2019.

Silk Painting

Meredith Walker '19

Classical Tutu Construction 

Lindsey Jones '18

2D to Reality

Molly Lynn Dallas '21

Fabric to Pattern

Abigail Yanaway '22

2017 Albright Creative Research Experience
Classical Ballet Tutu Design and Construction

By Lindsey Jones & Paula E Trimpey

Period Gown Construction Projects

The following ball gowns are just a few examples of student work over the past years.  Designing and building a Victorian ball gown is an independent and ongoing period research project for many of the costume design & technology majors.

Victorian Gown Construction Projects
Victorian Gown Construction Projects
2015
Pennsylvania Dance Ensemble Victorian Ball

Albright Student groups attended

Pennsylvania Dance Ensemble Victorian Ball

2013
Pennsylvania Dance Ensemble Victorian Ball Dress

Erin Van Osten ‘13 

Pennsylvania Dance Ensemble Victorian Ball Dress

Kate McGinn '10(Left)

Pennsylvania Dance Ensemble Victorian Ball Dress

 Erica Rudzinski ‘10

Contact

Paula E Trimpey

Professor of

Fashion/Costume Design

Albright College 

1621 North 13th Street 

Reading, PA 19604

ptrimpey@albright.edu

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