Our Story

Since the inception of the Fashion School Store in downtown Kent in 2012, the stores has achieved many milestones.

2014

Established FSSTORE curatorial team procedural document.
Most Market-Ready Award given to Kaitlyn Dugan during the Fashion School's 2014 Annual Fashion Show.

2015

Moved to the store's location to 202 East Erie Street, Suite B, in Kent, where it currently resides.

Outside front of the store

Launched the Sew-a-Thon, a freshman sewing festival project created to enhance sewing skills and explore students' work at the retail setting.

Student sewing during FSStore Sew-a-thon

Launched the annual limited edition Florence Scarf Collection.
Introduced St. Petersbug Jewelry Collection, a hand-made, genuine leather necklace collection crafted by local artisan Antonina Pakholkova.

Antonina Pakholkova photo

2016

Launched the limited edition of the Florence Tote Bag collection.

Carissa van dyke tote design

2017

Relaunched the redesigned FSSTORE in April 2017, supported through a multidisciplinary educational project led by Daphne Peters, a former faculty member of the Kent State University School of Visual Communication Design. Learn more about the multidisciplinary educational project via this link.

2018

For the very first time, offered mini-grant opportunities to Fashion School faculty to support their scholarly and pedagogical endeavors.
Established the Consignment Agreement to serve the local/regional small makers/designers/artisans exposure to the marketplace.