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AP Photo/Michigan State University, G.L. KohuthJillian Granz, a 21-year-old Michigan State University student majoring in apparel and textile design, won a contest to design an eco-friendly dress for Suzy Amis Cameron to wear to the Academy Awards. Granz flew to California to be on hand for the unveiling of her design, which Amis Cameron selected from hundreds of entries as the winner of a national charity fundraising contest. -
AP Photo/Michigan State University, G.L. KohuthJillian Granz, an apparel and textile design student, receives a congratulatory call on Jan. 28, 2010, from Suzy Amis Cameron on winning a charity fund-raising contest to design a dress for Amis Cameron. She is the wife of "Avatar" director James Cameron, whose movie has been nominated for nine Oscars at the 2010 awards. -
CHRIS PIZZELLO/Associated PressMichigan State University student Jillian Granz (right) arrives with "Avatar" director James Cameron and his wife Suzy Amis Cameron at Global Green USA's 7th Annual Pre-Oscar Party in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The dress was displayed on a mannequin at that party, and Amis Cameron plans to wear the creation to Sunday's Academy Awards. -
CHRIS PIZZELLO/Associated Press"Avatar" director James Cameron (center) and his wife Suzy Amis Cameron (left) arrive with Michigan State University design student Jillian Granz for Global Green USA's 7th Annual Pre-Oscar Party in Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. For Sunday's Oscar ceremony, Amis Cameron will be wearing a dress designed by Granz and made of only sustainable materials. Granz's design was selected as the winner of a national charity fundraising contest. -
MATT SAYLES/Associated Press"Avatar" director James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis Cameron arrive during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Amis Cameron held an eco-dress design contest to raise funds for Muse, an educational organization in Topanga Canyon, Calif., founded by her and her sister Rebecca Amis. -
CHRIS PIZZELLO/Associated Press"Avatar" director James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis Cameron arrive during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Amis Cameron's long, flowing gown — designed by MSU student Jillian Granz and sewn by Hollywood costume designer Deborah Scott — is made almost entirely from sustainable materials. It's one shouldered, with a big slit up the side, and it's "Avatar" blue. -
AMY SANCETTA/Associated Press"Avatar" director James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis Cameron arrive during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. "(Student Jillian) Granz recommended (Amis Cameron's) dress be made from peace silk, which allows silk worms to complete their life cycle, rather than be boiled, as is the case with traditional silk," Michigan State spokeswoman Kristen Parker explained in a posting on the school's Web site. -
MATT SAYLES/Associated Press"Avatar" director James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis Cameron arrive during the 82nd Academy Awards Sunday, March 7, 2010, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. MSU spokeswoman Kristen Parker said student Jillian Granz's design also used a "no-waste pattern, in which every part of the pattern is utilized and put into the final garment rather than being discarded."
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