NC State Fashion Week (April 16-24, 2027) is a campuswide celebration of creativity, innovation and design excellence. The worlds of fashion, textiles, art, technology and design will come together to create a dynamic week of runway shows, exhibitions and community events, including Art2Wear, the AATS Fashion Exposé and the Emerging Designers Runway Show and Textile Showcase.

Full Event Lineup

Events for the upcoming year are still being planned. Please check back as more details become available.

April 2027 // Emerging Designers Textile Showcase
April 2027 // AATS Fashion Exposé
April 22-23 // Art2Wear
April 24 // Emerging Designers Runway Show

Signature Events

AATS Fashion Exposé // African American Textile Society

The African American Textile Society (AATS) Fashion Exposé features handmade collections by students from NC State and surrounding colleges in a runway-style competition. The Fashion Exposé is the longest-running fashion show at NC State and is hosted by AATS, a student organization at the Wilson College of Textiles.

Art2Wear // College of Design 

Art2Wear (A2W) is an educational event where students gain experience by coordinating and producing an annual wearable art production. Young designers are challenged to imagine, create, and inspire by expressing their point of view through wearable art. This highly anticipated show fuses the talents of several departments in the College of Design and beyond, exposing student designers to the broader field of wearable art, digital media production, and fashion. 

Emerging Designers Runway Show and Textile Showcase // Wilson College of Textiles

The Emerging Designers Runway Show and Textile Showcase celebrates collections made during the capstone course for students majoring in fashion and textile design (FTD).

For the Emerging Designers Runway Show, students studying fashion design send collections down the runway during a show at Talley Student Union. Collections range from ready-to-wear to avant-garde.

The Emerging Designers Textile Showcase will feature displays of collections of home textiles, apparel, fiber art and more made by seniors of the textile design concentration during an exhibition in the Textiles Complex on NC State’s Centennial Campus.