Meet the Competitors:
Faith Anderson
Senior design student at Philadelphia University and intern for the Laboratory of Engineered Human Protection where she learns about outerwear jacket and pant performance, comfort, construction, fit and durability for military application and is responsible for patternmaking, sewing and timing/costing garments.
John Hamilton
Purdue University senior studying apparel design and technology, liaison with the university’s professional development council and former design intern in London while studying at the American Intercontinental University.
Christina Johnson
Design student at the University of California, Davis who grew up sailing, hiking, camping, kayaking and sewing with her family in Southern California.
Mark Pimentel
Oregon State University apparel design and merchandising management double major and 2009 Columbia Sportswear intern with a native’s understanding of the Pacific Northwest’s wet-weather and outdoor adventure apparel needs.
Lauren Price
Undergraduate student at Florida State University earning degrees in apparel design and merchandising and member of Fashion Inc., the university’s collegiate merchandising association, with a special interest in product development.
