Each February The Red Dress Collection uses fashion to raising
awareness of heart disease as the leading killer of women.
Students from the UC Davis Department of Design are at the
forefront of this awareness campaign.
As part of a unique partnership between the UC Davis Women’s
Cardiovascular Medicine Program and Design, fashion design
students create a collection of red dresses to raise awareness
that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women.
Each year in February, new designs are unveiled at the UC Davis
Women’s Heart Care Education and Awareness Forum, which is held
in Sacramento during National Heart Month.
Curated by Adele Zhang, lecturer and JoAnn C. Stabb Design
Collection curator, this year’s collection was exhibited at the
State Capitol. Zhang created the partnership between the UC Davis
Medical Center and Design in 2010.
