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Getting Here From There
Photo: Victoria Somers

Victoria Somers
Victoria is a recent graduate of Kent State University where she majored in fashion design to indulge her passion of sewing and draping fabrics. After spending a semester at KSU’s New York studio, Victoria decided to leave her hometown of Oil City, Pennsylvania to pursue her dreams of becoming a Seventh Avenue designer.

Photo: Jocelyn Simms Jocelyn Simms
A native of Moon Township, PA, Jocelyn graduated with a degree in fashion design from Kent State University in May 2007 where she won the National CFDA Portfolio Scholarship Contest. While she also studied in Florence, Italy, Jocelyn’s semester immersed in the fashion district convinced her to start her career as a designer in New York City.


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