Students at Aiken Tech build dye pad saving money
The textile department crafted a dye pad in house after studying industry models at Graniteville Co. Under faculty guidance, drafting, machine tool, welding, plant mechanics, and electrical students collaborated to design, fabricate, and install the unit for 1200 dollars, with safety features and future pattern printing capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynne Katonak
Aiken Technical Education Center
Malcolm Miess
Aiken Tec
Graniteville Co
Ed Wheaton
Miess
Ashley J. Little
Hats Add Soft Touch to Pant Suits, Designer Says
New York designer Jack McConnell, born Friday the 13th, links luck to the number 13 and explains how hats can soften pant suits. He emphasizes personal balance, neck length, and stature in choosing millinery and notes feathers as a signature accent sewn into his pieces. He travels, appears in stores, and comments on regional tastes from Texans to New Englanders.
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New York
Jack McConnell
Tennessee
Manhattan
McConnell
Denim Skills Dress Husband and Home Fashion Pair
Mrs. Rhoden, a teacher at Aiken High School, makes tailored denim and suit outfits for her husband, who admires the professional look. The couple combine patterns and fabrics, with Rhoden noting denim’s rise in fashion and his wife’s thrifty, skillful sewing.
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Robert Rhoden
Lynne Katonak
Graniteville Co
Levi Straus
Rhoden
England
Japan
Mrs. Rhoden
Aiken High School
Schofield
Denim Becomes New Folk Art In American Fashion
Decorated denims surge from flower children to middle and upper class wardrobes as a form of folk art. The craft ranges from stitchery and beads to rhinestones with iconic figures like Rockefeller and Sinatra shown in embellished jeans and jackets.
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Harry N. Abrams, Inc
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Elizabeth Taylor
Marlene Dietrich
Frank Sinatra
Doctor Links Pupillometrics to Emotions in Eye Clues
New York AP reports Dr. Eckhard Hess of the University of Chicago describes pupillometrics, the theory that pupil size mirrors emotion. He notes eyes reveal feelings, with dilation signaling appeal and constriction signaling disinterest, and envisions medical therapy assessment as a key application.
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New York
Eckhard Hess
Department of
Behavioral Sciences
University of Chicago
Hess
Johns Hopkins University
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Aiken Tec Teamwork
Fred Langdon
38Th Street
Laddie Northridge
Denim
Aiken
Aiken County
The
Associated Press
Peter Beagle
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