Kent State University student wins top award at FSF gala

Fashion Scholarship Fund, now in its 83rd year, delivers one million dollars in scholarship funding annually, and while the gala this year celebrated Rent The Runway and Centric Brands among others, as always it shone the spotlight on students from some of the nation’s top fashion programs. Rebranded last year, and now without the YMA in front of it, the FSF is an institution dedicated to nourishing young talent from 62 partner schools, and to supply the industry with the finest creativity out there. At January’s glittering event held at the New York Hilton, whittled down from 650 applicants 211 student candidates were in attendance, 8 of which received recognition. But the evening’s top winner was Tyshaia Earnest from Kent State University, a senior on the Fashion Merchandising program who took home the 35,000 dollar prize.