YSU banners get new purpose

YOUNGSTOWN — Decorative banners that once hung around the Youngstown State University campus are being turned into designer tote and messenger bags in the YSU Banner Bag Design Competition.

Groups of students in YSU’s fashion merchandising and graphic design programs are collaborating to take the vinyl banners and re-purpose them into fashion pieces.

Nanette Lepore, YSU graduate and fashion designer, will judge the entries at an invitation-only event in the Bliss Hall Theater Lobby on Saturday. Lepore will receive an honorary degree at YSU’s spring commencement.

The winning entry could then be mass-produced and given away as a donor incentive by the YSU Office of University Development.

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