Camara Dia Holloway
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Avant Tut interest in all things Egyptian
As we read about haute couture, and I reveled in the gloriousness of this practice of hand fabricated garments, I recalled one of my favorite opulent gowns from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection: this Egyptian Revival 1912 gown by a New York dressmaker that went by the moniker Simcox. I discussed in this garment…
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Webinar – ARTstor: Fashion and Costume in the Digital Library
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: What: Online Webinar – Introducing ARTstor: Fashion and Costume in the Digital Library When: Thursday, September 12, 2013 3:00 PM – 4:00 AM EDT Details: This session will highlight collections within the ARTstor Digital Library that are particularly useful in the field of fashion and costume history. Attendees…
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L.M. Blumstein Department Store, Harlem, 1886
A fashion relic. I need to check out what the site looks like now.
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Berg Fashion Library, New Image Partnership: The Fashion Museum, Bath
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Image Partnership: Berg Fashion Library – Fashion Museum, Bath Kathryn Earle, Head of Visual Arts Publishing at Bloomsbury, comments: “Bloomsbury is delighted to partner with the Fashion Museum, Bath, by making some of its most exciting objects available to view online for the first time through the…
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The New Speed of Fashion
Suzy Menkes discusses the current state of the fashion industry: http://nyti.ms/14KIzmW Sign of the Times | The New Speed of Fashion The industry is broken in more ways than one: runway shows don’t match retail expectations; designers can’t keep up with demand; and customers can’t buy a coat in winter. So who’s to blame?
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 