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As graduation nears, many seniors stress over how to put their degrees to good use. In 2009, Audra Deaton was experiencing the same situation. After graduating from UT with a degree in textiles and apparel design, Deaton wanted to get to work, but retail was no longer going to be enough.
It was when Deaton found herself working with Shaesby Scott, a local jewelry designer, that she realized exactly what she wanted to do.
From psychedelic mushroom-inspired dresses to a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”-inspired collection, graduating designers showcased their final works at the Frank Erwin Center on Thursday night.
With help from the University Fashion Group, 23 senior textiles and apparel students have been working day and night for months to prepare for their annual fashion show Contour, in which they will exhibit their designs in front of thousands on Thursday at the Frank Erwin Center.
From its bungalow porch setting with wicker and foliage to its English Victorian-meets-American Craftsman interior, Austin’s newest boutique hotel, the Heywood, is an urban restoration in the residential East Side. The hotel is in the middle of a Cesar Chavez neighborhood within walking distance of downtown.
Working in the gaming industry can range from creating machine guns to designing Hello Kitty logos in a day, which is why Sheri Graner Ray said flexibility is an important attitude for anyone going into the field.
On Tuesday the Sanger Learning and Career center hosted a panel of five employees in Austin’s gaming industry to talk to students about the importance of networking, the instability in their careers and the high points of their jobs.
The Student Government Judicial Court is set to determine whether the Election Supervisory Board violated procedure in administering the disqualification of former SG candidates Madison Gardner and Antonio Guevara today.
Let's face it: the most wonderful time of the year isn’t the holiday season. It’s award season. Is there a more absolutely delightful, frivolous annual pastime than judging the sartorial choices of millionaire film types while they preen and self-congratulate? Here’s our take on the best and worst dressed at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.
Best Dressed
Mark Long, a video game designer, co-authored the graphic novel The Silence of Our Friends. The book spans Long’s childhood, covering his memory of the civil rights struggles taking place in Houston Texas. I met with Mr. Long during his book signing at the new Guzu Gallery space in Austin.
Student Government presidential candidate Yaman Desai and running mate Whitney Langston dropped out of the election Monday after the campaign’s ethics came into question by the Election Supervisory Board.
While football fans wore jerseys emblazoned with their team’s logo on Super Bowl Sunday, fashion fiends around the nation slipped into comfortable shoes and an outfit that would be easy to quickly peel on and off in the fitting rooms for the launch of designer Jason Wu’s line for Target.
Yesterday was an important anniversary in the comics world— Image Comics, originally comprised of eight superstar artists from both Marvel and DC who left behind the draconian contracts of the Big 2 with the dreams of starting a publishing company that would set the rights of the creator first and foremost, turned 20 years old.
While the recent popularity of Native American inspired fashion trends have some shoppers flocking to the clothes racks, others are concerned with stores’ usage of the term “Navajo” in descriptions of their products.
This winter season, stars like Megan Fox and Vanessa Hudgens were spotted cozying up in Navajo-inspired scarves and sporting colorful feather earrings. The pattern also made various designer runway appearances.
Laura Del Villaggio made her first vintage purchase at the age of 8. It was a piece of 1950s luggage from a garage sale. Her mother asked if she was planning to run away, but Villaggio was simply beginning a life-long love affair of all things vintage. By age 12, vintage hats had especially captured her attention.
Occupy Wall Street, a demonstration movement decrying wealth and income inequality in the United States, has built considerable momentum in its one month of existence. Satellite Occupy protests have cropped up in other major U.S. cities, including a small, fervent following in Austin.
There is no cheat sheet for mastering the dating game, but Dominic German is doing what he can to help the less skilled find success.
German, a 25-year-old video game artist, knows what it is like to be rejected. Only two years ago, he was the guy in the bar who could not pick up a girl. Using those past experiences, German began to analyze his mistakes with the help of a few mentors. He figured out what he was doing wrong and eventually became the guy who is playing the game the right way.
Christine Fail imbues a piece of herself into her jewelry line with every swing of her hammer. Both a jewelry designer and owner of a jewelry boutique, Fail is a do-it-yourselfer whose best friend, Jessica Tata, describes as person who has her fingers in a lot of cookie jars and is always working on some creative project. After becoming frustrated with boring nine-to-five routines, Fail decided to follow her creative intuition and make a name for herself in the realm of jewelry retail.
There is something inherently disingenuous about Douglas McGrath’s “I Don’t Know How She Does It.” This is not, as much as the marketing for the film would have it, a spiritual sister to “Sex and the City” — even though it does steal its star, Sarah Jessica Parker and her plinking, sugary narration.
As a man, I enjoy manly things such as whiskey and belts made out of rattlesnake. I grow facial hair for sport, and Sam Elliott voices my inner dialogue. I don’t go shopping and have rarely had occasion to go into a Banana Republic — that is until very recently, when the Gap-owned clothing retailer introduced a capsule collection inspired by AMC’s Mad Men.
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Editor’s note — A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in the Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting mark (-30-) to denote the end of a line.
I remember sitting on the Forty Acres bus when I checked my voicemail and heard back from The Daily Texan saying I was hired. I was so excited I missed my stop. I called my dad immediately.
“If I know you at all, you’ll run that place one day,” he said.
LONDON — Some of the text messages read like real-time rallying calls for rioters.
“If you’re down for making money, we’re about to go hard in east London,” one looter messaged before the violence spread.
Others direct troublemakers to areas of untapped riches — stores selling expensive stereo equipment, designer clothes, alcohol and bicycles.
Most show a portent of even worse things to come.
Local game developer Twisted Pixel is a pretty big deal now. Big enough to double its office space, staff and number of projects since the release of “‘Splosion Man” two years ago.
Circuit of the Americas received permits from Travis County on Wednesday to start construction on buildings for its race track. In 2012, the track is scheduled to host the first Formula 1 race in the U.S. since 2007.
Anna Bowlin, division director of development services for Travis County, met with Circuit of the Americas, the namesake and designer of the track.
“With a project this large and this complex, it’s good to stay coordinated,” Bowlin said.
Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The biggest problem in “Alice: Madness Returns” is it doesn’t even seem to have intended results to begin with. Madness, indeed.
UT will no longer offer classes to help smokers quit — but a new web-based program may replace them.
The UT School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus is developing a free interactive seven-step program designed to help smokers quit over the Internet.
Emily Morris, School of Public Health graduate student and designer of the project, said low attendance led to the University Health Services cancelling in-person classes provided to help students and faculty quit smoking.
