Reference
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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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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.
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Puttin’ on the Ritz
Here are clips from the movies Puttin’ on the Ritz (1930) and the “Bojangles in Harlem” number in Swing Time (1935):
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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),…
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 