Fashion Seminar
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Jacqueline Kennedy’s Smart Pink Suit, Preserved in Memory and Kept Out of View
This article brings up a host of issues surrounding the exhibition of fashion that supplement those treated by Valerie Steele in “Museum Quality: The Rise of the Fashion Exhibition,” Fashion Theory, Volume 12, Issue 1 (2008). By CATHY HORYN in The New York Times, November 14, 2013 On the plane back to Washington, in her pink Chanel suit, caked with…
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Exhibition | Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition – Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s Place: Victoria & Albert Museum, London Dates: 10 July 2013 – 16 February 2014 Description: “Discover the creative explosion of London fashion in the 1980s in a major exhibition at the V&A. Through more than 85 outfits, Club to…
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Exhibition | ‘Hello, My Name Is Paul Smith’
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition: ‘Hello, My Name Is Paul Smith’ Location: The Design Museum, London Dates: 15 November 2013 – 09 March 2014 Description: “The Design Museum takes you into the world of fashion designer Paul Smith, a world of creation, inspiration, collaboration, wit and beauty. Celebrating his career to…
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Exhibition | Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition – Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! Place: Somerset House, London Dates: 20 November 2013 – 2 March 2014 Description: “This autumn, Somerset House, in partnership with the Isabella Blow Foundation and Central Saint Martins, is proud to present Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!, a major…
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Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk ’
Linda Rosier for The New York Times Jean Paul Gaultier — well, a mannequin with a projection of his face — greets visitors at the exhibition of his work in Brooklyn. By MARTHA SCHWENDENER Published: November 7, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/arts/design/jean-paul-gaultier-from-the-sidewalk-to-the-catwalk.html Jean Paul Gaultier ’s contribution to late-20th-century fashion might be summed up in two garments: the corset…
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Anatomy of a restaurateur: Romany Marie
Originally posted on Restaurant-ing through history: Marie Marchand, whose business name was Romany Marie, was taken aback in the 1950s when a Greenwich Village restaurateur declined to host a dinner for Marie’s artist friends on the grounds they would occupy the tables too long. In a 1960 interview recorded in Romany Marie, Queen of Greenwich…
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Exhibition | “All Dressed Up: Fashions for Children & Their Families
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition: “All Dressed Up: Fashions for Children & Their Families” Where: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania When: Through December 1, 2013 Girl’s Dress, c. 1842-45AmericanWool plain weave, wool braid, silk twill ribbonGift of Mrs. H. H. La Ment, 19661966-192-5, Philadelphia Museum of Art “All Dressed Up: Fashions…
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Exhibition | Dior, Balmain, Saint Laurent: Elegance & Ease”
Originally posted on Fashion, Textile & Costume Librarians: Exhibition: Dior, Balmain, Saint Laurent: Elegance & Ease Cocktail Dress: Christian Dior, 1948. Gift of the Mint Museum Auxiliary, donated by Mrs. Celia May Brumm. 1987.22.9A-C. The Mint Museum Where: The Mint Museum, Charlotte, N. Carolina When: Through Jan. 12, 2014 “This special exhibition, drawn entirely from…
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Conference
CONFERENCE: Fashioning Identities: Types, Customs, and Dress in a Global Context, CUNY Hunter College, October 17 – 19th, 2013 http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/conferences/fashioning-identities/schedule
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Clothes Tell Stories
Clothes Tell Stories This website is a bit outside of the scope of the course, since it deals with the materiality and display of clothes as objects, but it is a valuable resource for understanding and identifying the constituent parts of dress.
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 