Olivia Baba, BFA '23, and Connor Seger, BFA '23, win Fashion Scholarship Fund honors
2023-03-17 • Liam Otten
Founded in 1937, the Fashion Scholarship Fund is the foremost fashion-oriented education and workforce development nonprofit in the United States. The fund awards more than $1 million in scholarships annually and provides emerging designers with intensive mentorship as well as industry networking, internship and career opportunities, professional development, and direct access to top companies and influential leaders in fashion and related business sectors.
Baba and Seger were among 127 award recipients for the 2023 competition, selected from a total of 513 case study submissions. Baba’s proposal, titled “Bare X Skims,” explores the potential of using naturally colored cotton and knit-and-wear technology to produce sustainable, nontoxic undergarments for the Skims label. Seger’s “Wearable Digital Archive” would reintroduce historic Yves Saint Laurent garments as wearable non-fungible tokens.
Seger will receive a scholarship of $7,500. Baba, who was named one of the fund’s Top Four Finalists for 2023, will receive $15,000 and presented her work to a panel of industry leaders during the FSF Final Four pitch event, held virtually on March 15. One of the four finalists then will receive the $25,000 FSF Chairman’s Award during the FSF Live Gala April 3 in New York.
April 22: 6:30 p.m. Doors Open | 7:00 p.m. Show • Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall
94th Annual WashU Fashion Design Show
Join us for the 94th annual WashU Fashion Design Show. This year’s show features the capstone collections of five undergraduates pursuing their BFAs: Olivia Terase Baba, Zinaida Calixte, Mackenzie-Mary Miller Llewellyn, Madelyn Savitch, and Connor Seger.
General admission tickets are free, but registration is required.
The Sam Fox School’s fashion design program offers a multifaceted course of study focused on the intersection of clothing and culture. Moving through a curriculum that begins with the foundational understanding of textiles, design, fashion history, research, and culture, students undertake projects exploring a spectrum of garment design problems, fabrication strategies, and visualization options. Thinking in abstract, visual, and futuristic terms, students work to shape the changing fashion landscape with purpose and relevancy.