Michigan Fashion Media Summit
Matt Rose is a prominent designer with extensive experience in the fashion and sports industries. Currently serving as a Designer for Major League Soccer since June 2024, Matt also holds roles as Chief Technical Designer and Associate Brand Manager at Pythia Clothing, where contributions include directing strategic partnerships and growing social media presence to 80K followers. As Creative Strategist and Brand Designer Director for the Michigan Fashion Media Summit, and Lead Graphics Supervisor and Apparel Designer for The Michigan Hockey League, Matt has significantly enhanced brand recognition and visual identity. Additionally, as Founder and Creative Director of Escape The Fallacy, Matt developed a collection of handmade garments that focus on experimental design, achieving notable sales success. A dedicated community advocate, Matt organized a fundraiser that raised over $10,000 for the reconstruction of a hometown in Ukraine, earning national recognition as a UNICEF youth project organizer. Educationally, Matt Rose is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in History of Visual Communications with a minor in Art and Design from the University of Michigan.
Michigan Fashion Media Summit
The MFMS was created by a group of students looking to form a fashion community at the University of Michigan. Prior to the MFMS, our university had no platform allocated to connecting “the leaders and the best” to the multitude of career options within the retail industry. We decided to disrupt the status quo by inviting the industry’s top talent and brands to the Stephen M. Ross School of Business on April 13th, 2018 to show our campus not only where fashion has been, but where it’s going.