September 21, 2016
The Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection (FHCC) of the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design has received a gift from the James G. Galanos Foundation. This gift, comprising nearly 700 couture-level ensembles dating from the 1960s to his retirement in 1998 will form The James G. Galanos Archive at Drexel University. This donation will be augmented in the coming year by additional support materials relating to the career of James Galanos from the James G. Galanos Foundation.
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September 21, 2016
The Westphal College will be quite active in this year’s DesignPhiladelphia, the annual citywide celebration of design and creative activity. Our participation will include the Design Research Symposium on Friday October 14th in the URBN Center.
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September 21, 2016
The prestigious London-based fashion trade publication, Business of Fashion, recently released their rankings and have our Fashion programs as #3 in the United States and #11 in the world. College Factual, which produces USA Today’s College Guide, new rankings have Westphal as #5 nationally out of 223 schools in the category of Best Design and Applied Arts Schools.
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