Jeigh Singleton, associate professor of fashion in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, received the First Annual Saint Louis Fashion Week Plaza Frontenac Fashion Achievement Award Oct. 8 during a ceremony at Plaza Frontenac. Over the past four decades, Singleton has been a fixture of the St. Louis fashion industry, designing everything from dresses, sportswear and menswear to theatrical costumes and wearable art. He began teaching at WUSTL in 1972 and, in 1987, was named director of the Sam Fox School’s Fashion Design Program. In addition to teaching, he also coordinates the annual Washington University Fashion Show, a fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza that takes place as part of Saint Louis Fashion Week each spring.