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= Kate Schmidt =

About
Kate Schmidt grew up in the State Colorado and throughout her life she made great connections and achieved a lot in her life so far. She has experience in being a contract apparel designer in Colorado since 2020 till present. This job consists of designing, problem solving for designs in apparel. Kate's personal collection “Girl powder” is a collection to embrace femininity in outdoor apparel. She created this collection so women can wear their personalities through their wardrobe. She also wanted women to embrace athleticism and femininity. Not only that but it took a lot of work getting ideas from other women in what they looked for in apparel Kate was able to make those ideas come to life.

Kate Schmidt also studied at Kent State University in Ohio from 2014- 2018. She received a bachelor's degree in Fashion Design. She also Schmidt Graduated from Colorado State University in 2020, she was studying design and received a masters degree in Design and Merchandising. Currently she is trying to pursue a PHD from Colorado State so she can become a professor.

Career
Kate Schmidt is currently teaching students at Colorado State but she is still working in the fashion industry while pursuing her PHD. She works as an apparel designer at Smart wool which is located in Denver. Aside from her own personal collection "girl powder" she is also working on designs for Krimson klover. ( Krimson Klover is a women's apparel that uses natural and sustainable fibers in their clothes. They are a responsible brand who support women and it is an outdoor brand. In addition they pursue women's empowerment.

Accomplishments
Kate Schmidt has created a fashion line for women for winter sports. Her goal is to make sure that not only is it functional but as well fashionable for women. Her collection is called “Girl Powder”.

M.S collection and exhibit December 2021- May 2022

ITAA scholarship wearable technology

YMA FSF scholarship winning Project

CFDA Teen Vogue nomination Spring / summer 2018

ITAA Winning project wearable art April 2018

ITAA 2022

The recent accomplishment was the ITAA in 2022. This design scholarship was Kates collection of "Girl Powder" which was an outdoor apparel for women.

Contract Apparel designer and Illustrator from 2021- Present

Adjunct Professor and instructor of fashion design 2020- Present

Teen Vogue nomination
The Hokusai Collection was a Spring/ Summer collection 2018 that was named from a Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai. This collection represents important aspects of Asian culture. The colors included are, red, black, blue and white which represents the elements, water, fire, wood and metal. This collection not only represented asian culture but sports apparel which ended up being a teen vogue nomination.