Fashion Seminar
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NYT: In search of a gay aesthetic
NYT: In search of a gay aesthetic Guy Trebay’s review of “A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk” exhibition at FIT.
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Les Sapeurs
Here are links to additional information about the Sape, the dandy phenomenon in the two Congos: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/13/world/africa/congo-dandy-sapeur/index.html http://www.sabotagetimes.com/fashion-style/the-gentlemen-of-bakongo-and-their-cult-of-elegance/ You may also be interested in this article about the Herero of Namibia, who transformed the dress imposed on them by German colonial forces into a distinctive style: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/03/01/jim_naughten_documenting_the_herero_tribe_of_namibia_and_its_20th_century.html
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Black Fashion Museum Collection
Here is a link to a description of the collection at the National Museum of African American History and Culture: http://www.nmaahc.si.edu/Collections/BlackFashion
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Fashion Designers Accused Of Racism In Letter
By Julee Wilson http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3880363?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000038 The moment has arrived — Bethann Hardison has finally launched her attack against fashion’s glaring diversity problem. The fashion insider-cum-activist and former model, on behalf of The Diversity Coalition, sent out four letters on Thursday to the governing bodies of Fashion Weeks in New York (Council of Fashion Designers of America),…
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Afterthought: Personal Obsessions
As you get to know me better, you will discover that I am always fascinated by people of African descent that pop out here and there in the footnotes of history. Going through my bookmarks I re-stumbled upon these portraits from the Royal Photographic Society. Sarah Forbes Bonetta was an orphaned African “princess” who became…
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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 