Belinda T. Orzada
Professor
Associate Chair
Co-Director of the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection

303 Alison Hall West
(302) 831-8709
FAX (302) 831-6081
orzada@udel.edu

Complete Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Education

• PhD Florida State University
• MS Louisiana State University
• BS University of Georgia

Honors and Awards

• 2006 Best Paper – Apparel and Fabric Performance Session International Nonwovens Technical Conference for Blank Canvas – Elastomeric Nonwovens as Fashion Apparel
• 2006 Bernina Design Excellence Award, American Quilter’s Society/Hobbs Bonded Fibers Fashion Show
• 2006 Centennial Laureate, College of Human Sciences, Florida State University
• 2005 Bernina Design Excellence Award, American Quilter’s Society/Hobbs Bonded Fibers Fashion Show
• 2004 Faculty Award for Excellence in Draping, International Textile and Apparel Association Design Exhibition
• 2004 Everyone Loves Sulky Challenge, Second place, Professional Wearable Art Division, Sulky Inc.

Recent Scholarship

• Orzada, B.T., Moore, M.A., Collier, B.J. & Chen, Y. (in press). Effects of Laundering on Fabric Drape, Bending and Shear. International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology.

• Orzada, B.T. (2008). Those Crazy Lichen. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 26(4), 327-329.

• Orzada & Kallal. (2005). Cultural Comparison of Spatial Visualization Capabilities of Apparel Design Students. Proceedings of the Textile Institute 84th World Conference: A New Era. Raleigh, NC: The Textile Institute.

• Orzada & Moore. (2005). Apparel Design Using Natural Dyes: Creative Process and Color Analysis. Proceedings of the Textile Institute 84th World Conference: A New Era. Raleigh, NC: The Textile Institute.

• Orzada, B. T. (2005). Is it Yofuku or Wafuku? Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 23(1), 60-63.

Research Interests

• Creative apparel designs
• Natural Dyes
• Enhancing spatial visualization skills
• Effects of grain alignment on fabric mechanical properties
• Nineteenth and twentieth century costume history

Current Research Projects

• Use of nonwoven fabrics for fashion apparel
• Photographic Documentation and Development of a Database for the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection

Teaching

• Apparel Structures
• Apparel Design by Draping
• Apparel Collection Development
• Professional Portfolio Development
• Twentieth Century Design: Ethnic Influences