Texas Tech Alumna Ashley Burghardt to be Featured on Reality Show

A Texas Tech alumna will be featured on a reality show this week.

Ashley Burghardt will be competing against three other apparel designers on the reality show “24 Hour Catwalk”, which airs on Lifetime Television.

Burghardt, a 2008 apparel design and manufacturing graduate, will face off against the three other designers at 9 p.m. CST this Thursday. The show’s producers choose four designers, narrow it down to two, and then they design an entire collection within 24 hours.

“I knew how to sew before coming to Texas Tech, but I didn’t know how to make my own patterns and draping,” said Burghardt. “Rachael Anderson taught me draping and she’s an amazing teacher. Everything I learned about draping I learned from her.”

Prior to creating Ashard Richley, her own line of Dallas-based handbags, Burghardt worked as a designer for both Be&D and Coach.