Professor Richard Bath has been a fashion professor here at Lasell since 1988. He was the chair of the Fashion Department for 21 years, and Director of the Yamawaki Cultural Center & Wedeman Art Gallery for 15 years. He is also the founder of the well known Lasell fashion magazine Polished, in which many students on campus are involved in. Professor Bath has taught many Fashion and Retail Merchandising classes over his years, and currently teaches Fashion 101: Contemporary Issues in Fashion, Fashion 401: Professional Development, and Fashion 405: Fashion Retail & Merchandising Capstone. Professor Bath is an enthusiastic professor who is always ready to help students in any way he can, and is truly a great professor who pushes students to achieve their goals by preparing them for the real cut-throat world of the fashion industry. As a student of his, one of my favorite classes in my career at Lasell was Fashion 101, because it showed me the reality of the industry and intrigued me to learn more about fashion overall. Taking any course of his is a great experience and a class that will definitely be worth while.