LaParia Speight ‘21 (Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies), ‘22 MS fell in love with fashion in the seventh grade. “I was in a home economics class, and I learned I could make things on my own,” she remembers. Speight started sewing pillows and purses and selling them to family members. … Continued
When consumers are looking to buy new clothes – whether a high-end designer brand or secondhand – color is one of the biggest deciding factors. Starting this academic year, students in the Bryan School’s Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies (CARS) program will use some of the same color tools used by the … Continued
The Textile and Apparel Programs Accreditation Commission has granted accreditation to one of UNC Greensboro’s oldest and most esteemed programs – the B.S. in Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies at the Bryan School of Business and Economics – through May 2029. “This is an amazing accomplishment – this is a … Continued
Three CARS students took home awards at the 16th annual Carolyn and Norwood Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo on April 22, 2022. The Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo participants uploaded video presentations to the URSCO Virtual Expo site for perusal by visitors and judges, as part of a … Continued
Congratulations to Dr. Trish Kemerly and Ms. Annie Williams for being recognized with Bryan School Excellence Award for the 2021-2022 academic year! These awards recognize excellence in facilitating student learning and development. Dr. Trish Kemerly, a professional track faculty member in CARS, was awarded the Lecturer Teaching Excellence Award for … Continued
Denim has a long history in Greensboro. So does UNC Greensboro’s scholarly focus on apparel. This week, UNCG announced a $2 million gift from the Blue Bell Foundation, to support the University’s academic work in all aspects of the apparel industry. Through this gift, the foundation honors the legacy of … Continued
With the start of a new academic year comes a new incoming class of doctoral students, ready to collaborate with faculty and contribute to research and learning in the Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies (CARS) Department. Fall 2021 has brought CARS three new PhD students–Narmin Nasibli, Kavita Singh, and Kaylah … Continued
Join us on Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 at 6pm to hear upcoming speaker Virginia Postrel discuss her new book The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. This event, hosted by the Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies (CARS) department in partnership with the White Oak Legacy Foundation, will be … Continued
From Blue Bell to VF Corporation, the Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies (CARS) department has had a long-standing partnership with the local apparel and denim industry in Greensboro. This partnership helped to achieve an exciting new opportunity for the CARS department in the form of a $2 million gift to … Continued
On February 6, junior Sarah Woods addressed the crowd at the Bryan Foundation Luncheon. She was grateful to the foundation for providing her with a scholarship and spoke for a little while about her pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in consumer, apparel, and retail studies (CARS), revealing plans to study … Continued