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Category Archives: Research
CRISIS AS CATALYST IN SYSTEMS OF DRESS- More selected abstracts
Below is another glimpse into the kind of papers that will be presented this coming Saturday May 7th at The Annual Research Symposium of the Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, Museum Practice Program at FIT’s School of Graduate Studies. NEW WOMEN, NEW … Continue reading
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CRISIS AS CATALYST IN SYSTEMS OF DRESS- Selected abstracts
Following are some of the fascinating papers which will be presented this coming Saturday May 7th at The Annual Research Symposium of the Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, Museum Practice Program at FIT’s School of Graduate Studies. CONSTRUCTING A SOVIET NARRATIVE: … Continue reading
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Patrick Kelly’s One Seam Coat
As part of their current exhibition, Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is featuring a web tutorial on the construction of the designer’s one-seam coat. I analyzed Kelly’s technique and partnered with the PMA’s graphic design team to … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition, Research
Tagged One Seam Coat, Patrick Kelly, Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love, Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Research Resource: GALLICA
Gallica is an invaluable online resource with an abundance of digitized French media, including fashion magazines such as Femina and Les Modes. Most material is keyword searchable, making it incredibly easy to locate information on your favorite designer or fashion … Continue reading
Fall 2013: New Links
Over the summer, many of us traveled to participate in internships, present papers, and attend conferences. There is always something new to discover in our field, and some of our research led to online discoveries: new websites or updates to … Continue reading
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Downtown, Uptown: From the Dry Goods Store to the Palace of Consumption- Part II
This is part two of a paper I presented last May at our annual symposium. You can read the first part here. By the late 1850s the Grand Street area was established as the new shopping district, but society had … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century Fashion, Department Stores, Industrial Revolution, Lord & Taylor, Macy's
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Downtown, Uptown: From the Dry Goods Store to the Palace of Consumption- Part I
This is a two parts post, presented first in May 2013 at the our annual symposium. In 1835, the wealthy merchant Seabury Tredwell bought the house on 29 East Fourth Street in New York City. “The elegance and beauty of this … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century Fashion, Brooks Brothers, Department Stores, Lord & Taylor, New York
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Foundations in Vogue:1953-1963
The third post in the series of Fashion Photography. Read Landis Lee’s post on the innovative street photographer Edward Linley Sambourne and Kathryn Squitieri’s post on street-style fashion photography before 1920. By Larissa Shirley King Foundation garments are functional undergarments, which mold … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Dior, corset, Fashion Photography, fashionable body, undergarments, Vogue
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The Art of Exhibiting Fashion History- Part I
La Belle Époque: The Art of Exhibiting Fashion History at the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art By Janet Lee “Now I was born in the heart of the Belle Époque. I was born in Paris. I was born on … Continue reading
Guest Post- War in Conflict: World War I, Haute Couture and the Fashionable Body (Part I)
By Katy Conover Katy Conover is currently working as a research assistant at the Victoria & Albert Museum on the upcoming “Hollywood Costume” exhibition. She received her MA from the RCA/V&A program in History of Design. Her current research focus on early … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th, Fashion Photography, fashionable body, The Queen, Vogue, Women in Magazines
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