O'More president: Entrepreneurship leads to success
(AP) — O'More College of Design President David Rosen has spent the past year boosting the school's ties with Nashville's growing fashion industry.
With no provost, Rosen has assumed education leadership in conjunction with the school's director of student affairs.
Senior students boarded a tour bus to show their portfolios to design agencies across Nashville.
The latest members on the board of trustees — Ginny Caldwell, an expert in interior design trends and planning; Rick DeVos, a national leader in the arts; Robert Hicks, a best-selling author and historic preservationist; Dianne Neal, a law professor and civic leader; Elizabeth Nichols, CEO of Taigan, an e-commerce marketplace that features the works of emerging designers; and Jonathan Savage, an acclaimed interior designer — represent diverse Nashville perspectives, Rosen said.
In a room full of sewing machines, fashion design student Kristopher Kelley adjusts a suit on Rosen for the school's annual seersucker party.
Kelley, a junior, has already interned for celebrity stylists, a Nashville clothing alteration shop and a former "Project Runway" designer.