Ashley Austin, B.F.A. fashion student, Fenton, Missouri
Austin is inspired by the characteristics of various metals in the periodic table. Her collection mimics the top-down corrosion pattern of metal.

Mary Disser, B.F.A. fashion student, Orlando, Florida
The fabric choices, color, texture and prints inspired Disser's collection. Architectural lines and large shapes that both encompass and expose the body are key elements.

Kaitlyn Fields, B.F.A. fashion student, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Fields was inspired by the colors, textures and patterns of cloth stuffed dolls.

Tahnee Folsom, B.F.A. fashion student, Melbourne, Florida
Folsom was inspired by Helmut Newton photography, Stanley Kubrick's "2001 Space Oddessy," music and architecture.

Olivia Ham, B.F.A. fashion student, Raleigh, North Carolina
Ham was inspired by the merging of modern and classical art as well as Monique Lhuillier and Ellie Saab.

Breanne Harney, B.F.A. fashion student, Springfield, Illinois
Early Christian and Byzantine art inspired Harney's collection. She looked at early church mosaics and the shapes in them.

Ron Hedgepeth, B.F.A. fashion student, Brooklyn, New York
Hedgepeth's collection was inspired by wrinkles on the sphinx cat, skin and the anatomy of the human figure.

Lindsey Hopkins, B.F.A. fashion student, Lilburn, Georgia
Hopkins researched old photography and chose images that reflected the mood best expressed by Radiohead's "Reckoner" as the inspiration for her collection.

Lauren Jones, B.F.A. fashion student, Johnson City, Tennessee
Jones was inspired by the Patrick Dougherty sculptures at SCAD Lacoste. The woven twig elements of the sculptures are referenced in her collection.

Josh Lacey, B.F.A. fashion student, Alpharetta, Georgia
Lacey is inspired by Belgian designers and likes ingenuity in clothing.

Maria Lara, B.F.A. fashion student, Panama City, Panama
Lara was inspired by the feminine aspects of the outfits worn by matadors and other elements of Spanish culture.

Marlow Larson, B.F.A. fashion student, Gainesville, Georgia
Larson's collection was inspired by the overall aesthetic of 1930s Louisiana style icon Nancy Cunard.

Adriana Osorio Lugo, B.F.A. fashion student, Caracas, Venezuela
Lugo's collection was inspired by a Levi's window display in New York City. The materials used in the display are reflected in her collection based on the construction and deconstruction of robes.

Kailey Machado, B.F.A. fashion student, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Machado is inspired by the cut and paste aspects of German post-war constructivist art. The collection evolved into distorted geometry using knits.

Sarah Maresca, B.F.A. fashion student, Mesa, Arizona
Maresca was inspired by the apocalypse and how people are treating the environment. Her collection of children's wear is about protection.

Lauren Mayhew, B.F.A. fashion student, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Mayhew's collection was inspired by the stylized hair of women in Art Nuevo. Hair itself came to inspire the collection with the use of French braiding and dyed hair.

Merida Miller, B.F.A. fashion student, Crozet, Virginia
Miller's collection is inspired by Eskimo tribes and arctic warriors.

Kelvin Parker, B.F.A fashion student, Little Rock, Arkansas
Parker's collection was inspired by the ancient Egyptian mummification process through use of fabric strips.

Abigail Dupree Polston, B.F.A. fashion student, Manchester, Michigan
Polston was inspired by volume and balance. Her collection juxtaposes large and small pieces against each other on the human form to achieve elegance and dramatic shapes.

Chloe Post, B.F.A. fashion student, Norwalk, Connecticut
Post's collection was inspired by "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl" which looks at 2012 in a positive light. She imagines what women would wear in this new culture where technology and nature come together.

Gabriela Reagan, B.F.A. fashion student, New York, New York
Reagan's collection was inspired by Victorian children's clothing, baptism gowns and that era's farm clothing.

Veronica Restrepo, B.F.A. fashion student, Lawrenceville, Georgia
Restrepo was inspired by the long, form-fitting, high-necked jackets of Tyrol in Austria.

Meryl Reynolds, B.F.A. fashion student, Marietta, Georgia
Reynolds was inspired by the use of birds as icons in Native American sacrificial ceremonies.

Faith Thornburg, B.F.A. fashion student, Indianapolis, Indiana
Thornburg was inspired by all things feminine. Ruffles, soft colors, textures in nature as well as lingerie from the 1920s and 30s are reflected in her collection.

Melissa Urbina, B.F.A. fashion student, Suwanee, Georgia
Urbina was inspired by the spirit of strong women like Frida Kahlo and the vibrant colors of Mexico City.

Kelly Wenrick, B.F.A. fashion student, Fayetteville, Georgia
Wenrick's collection is inspired by the Shackleton Expedition and the race to the South Pole.

Katherine Williford, B.F.A. fashion student, Raleigh, North Carolina
Williford was inspired by a hot air balloon ride she took over Cappadocia, Turkey. The colors she saw in the sky and on the ground, along with the amazing rock formations are reflected in her collection.

Raquel Zarin, B.F.A. fashion student, Gainesville, Florida
Zarin's collection was inspired by the real women she's met. She wants to dress them in a balance of the practical and artistic.