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Author Archives: Keren Ben-Horin
A Well Controlled Body: Constructing The New American Woman of Fashion 1900-1940
Two more days…. Saturday is the annual symposium of the Fashion and Textiles Studies program at FIT. Here is one more paper that will be presented. We hope to see you there. The event is free and open to the public. … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Elspeths: Forgotten Couturières and their Impact on Modern Fashion
Next Saturday the Fashion and Textiles Studies program at FIT will hold their annual symposium. To get you excited, we will share some of the papers that will be presented in the week to come. We hope to see you there. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Elspeth Champcommunal, Elspeth Phelps, House of Worth, Irene Castle, Lily Elsie, Paul Poiret
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MODERN METROPOLIS: The New York Skyline in Textile Design, 1890-1940
Next Saturday the Fashion and Textiles Studies program at FIT will hold their annual symposium. To get you excited, we will share some of the papers that will be presented in the week to come. We hope to see you there. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century Fashion History, Art Deco, Cubism, Futurism, Lord & Taylor, New York, New York Skyline, textile design
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Shop Girls: Department Stores and the Fashionable Working Woman
Next Saturday the Fashion and Textiles Studies program at FIT will hold their annual symposium. To get you excited, we will share some of the papers that will be presented, in the week to come. We hope to see you there. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th, Century Fashion, Department Stores, james tissot, shop girl
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Clothed in the Cosmos: Astronomy in Textile & Fashion Design, 1920-1945
Next Saturday the Fashion and Textiles Studies program at FIT will hold their annual symposium. To get you excited, we will share some of the papers that will be presented in the week to come. We hope to see you there. The event … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century Fashion History, Cecil Beaton, Elsa Schiaparelli, modernism, space age
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Symposium: Modes of Modernity
We are so thrilled about the topic of this year’s annual symposium organized by the students of FIT’s MA program Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice. The students will explore modernity and modernism in 20th century fashion in eleven … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century Fashion History, Clara Bow, Costume Design, modernism, New York, Period Films
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I Love Those Earrings!
Since ancient times earrings were women’s prized possession. Whether small little studs, large chandeliers, skillfully set with gems, or playfully designed with ready-mades, earrings are the final touch, that extra little bit of style that frames the face and finishes up … Continue reading
A Fashion Mystery Solved
I am very excited to share a conversation I had over email with Hagar Cygler, a talented, young, Israeli artist. Cygler recently published a book which started with a visit to the flea market; she was looking for photographs she could cut and … Continue reading
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Tagged fashion blog, Fashion Photography, Hagar Cygler, Hana, photography
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Guest Post: After Yves
By Cary O’dell Such is the power and influence of Yves Saint Laurent that when he announced his retirement in early 2002 from his namesake fashion house, it was reported not only in the fashion press but via all aspects … Continue reading
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Tagged Cary O'dell, Helen Mirren, MET, Punk, The Costume Institute, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent
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ON PINS AND NEEDLES 