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Then & Now

Today’s Then & Now was put together by Cassidy Zachary. Cassidy recently graduated from the program and will start a job in New Mexico, where she will oversee a collection of costume and textiles. It means she is leaving NY! … Continue reading

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fellow classmate Tracy Jenkins sent in this timely Then & Now. Tracy recently presented her paper on the style and transformation of Opera singer Maria Callas at the Fashion & Music symposium in FIT. (left) singer Maria Callas, 1960. (right) … Continue reading

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(left) Models Dorian Leigh and Evelyn Tripp in Clair McCardell’s wool jersey dresses, photograph by Irving Penn, Vogue 1950. (right) John Galliano for Dior Haute Couture,  Fall 2008-2009 I particularly love these two images together because it reflects the identity … Continue reading

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(left) Marie Antoinette queen of France,  1779. By Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755 –1842). (right) Kate Moss at the Ritz in Paris. Photographer: Tim Walker, styling: Grace Coddington. Vogue, April, 2012.

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(left) Mary Jane Russell photographed at Le Pavillon by Lillian Bassman.  Harper’s Bazaar, 1950. image source: fiercer than you (right) Lost in Lace, photography and styling by Damian Foxe, crochet recycled cotton and synthetic fabric rug by Hooked Designs, embroidered cotton voile top … Continue reading

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(left) Wool and silk dress, Geoffrey Beene, Spring/Summer 1992.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Geoffrey Beene, 2001. 2001.393.108 (right) Dress,  Common Raven, designed by Rachel Cohen. Spring/Summer 2012.

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Then & Now on Tumblr

I am so excited to announce that Then & Now can now also be found on Tumblr, thanks to our loyal readers and their great ideas! In the next coming weeks I will upload past posts. Please visit us and spread … Continue reading

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(left) Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Judith mit dem Haupt Holofernes (Judith with the head Holofernes), 1901. Oil on Canvas. (right) Dress by Tim Rhys-Evans, photo by Martha Boxley. Pigeons & Peacocks, issue 4. via Laura McLaws Helms, http://instagr.am/p/IXlh7wMg-y/

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(left) Twiggy in Yves Saint Laurent, Vogue, March 15, 1967, photographer: Bert Stern. (right) “Drama Queen,” W Magazine, April 2012, Karlie Kloss in Marni, photographer: Craig McDean, styling: Lori Goldstein.

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  (left) Balenciaga single seam wedding dress, 1967; (right) “Good Kate, Bad Kate,” Kate Moss, photographed by Steven Klein, W Magazine March 2012.

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