FOR THE DEGREE OF

I would like to send my sincere thanks to my advisor Dr. Juanjuan Wu for her guidance and support throughout these two years. I appreciate her guidance and encouragement while I was doing my thesis and her help in completing my thesis in such a short time period. I also would like to thank my committee member Dr. Hyunjoo Im and Dr Adam Rothman for their continuous help and insightful comments. It is my honor to have them in my committee. I would like to thank the faculty, staff, and fellow graduate students in the department of Design, Housing, and Apparel. Thanks for giving me the assistantship opportunity to let me have the feeling of being one part of the graduate program. I enjoyed spending my time with all lovely graduate students and will miss you all after graduation. I am grateful for all my friends ’ accompany here in Twin Cities. Without you guys, I cannot make this far in this foreign country. Thanks for all those nice people helped me out in these two years. Mom and Dad, I love you so much. Thanks for giving me enormous support while I am pursuing my dream