Kent State University’s School of Fashion was recently featured in Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) for its role in a unique collaboration blending fashion, art, and history with luxury fabric house Scabal and Peg’s Gallery. The project centered on the U.S. debut of 12 rare Salvador Dalí paintings—commissioned by Scabal in 1971 and reimagined decades later by Kent State fashion students.
Through a semester-long studio project, junior-level designers responded to the same prompt once given to Dalí: What will fashion look like 30 to 40 years in the future? Their visionary garments were exhibited alongside Dalí’s original works in the “Dalí Beyond Time: Fashioning the Future” exhibition at Peg’s Gallery.
The collaboration not only offered students real-world design experience but also spotlighted the School of Fashion’s creative innovation on an international stage.