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CRISIS AS CATALYST IN SYSTEMS OF DRESS- Two More Abstracts
Below are two more papers that will be presented this coming Saturday May 7th at The Annual Research Symposium of the Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, Museum Practice Program at FIT’s School of...
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She’s Got Legs on Unravel Podcast
I had the pleasure to be interviewed for the (relatively) new fashion history podcast Unravel. Jasmine Helms and Dana Goodin, two graduates of our program, have been doing such a great job in going...
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CRISIS AS CATALYST IN SYSTEMS OF DRESS- More selected abstracts
Below is another glimpse into the kind of papers that will be presented this coming Saturday May 7th at The Annual Research Symposium of the Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, Museum Practice...
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CRISIS AS CATALYST IN SYSTEMS OF DRESS- Selected abstracts
Following are some of the fascinating papers which will be presented this coming Saturday May 7th at The Annual Research Symposium of the Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, Museum Practice Program...
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The Annual Research Symposium- Crisis as Catalyst in Systems of Dress
Crisis as Catalyst in Systems of Dress Please join the students of the Fashion and Textiles: History, Theory, Museum Practice Program at FIT’s School of Graduate Studies for their Annual Research...
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She’s Got Legs- The Book
Those of you who have followed the blog, must have noticed that beyond our lively facebook page I haven’t posted in almost two years. It’s not because I got lazy or shifted all my attention to posting...
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Interview: Tracy Jenkins talks to Christine Zhu
Tracy Jenkins and Christine Zhu are two graduates of our program. Last year Christine interviewed Tracy for the Biweekly art publication Packet. Tracy co-curated the graduate exhibition Youthquake! The...
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Patrick Kelly’s One Seam Coat
As part of their retrospective, Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love, the Philadelphia Museum of Art is featuring a web tutorial on the construction of his one-seam coat. It was my project to analyze the...
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CSA National Symposium 2014: Day 4
The last day of the symposium ties with Day 1 as the most impactful day of the symposium, for me. Rachel M. Sullivan, from Oregon State University presented on a comparison she worked on with Elaine L....
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CSA National Symposium 2014: Day 3
Houndstooth Suit created by Bob Bugnand and worn by Jacqueline Kennedy via The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum The third day of the symposium started off with presentations that had a...
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CSA National Symposium 2014: Day 2
Richard Martin. © 1988, Gerhard Jurkovic. The second day of the symposium seemed to go so quickly and was packed with so much information that I find it hard to create a neat package of information....
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CSA National Symposium 2014: Day 1
Here in Baltimore, MD it is the first day of the symposium and there is already so much to cover. As a new member of the Costume Society of America (CSA) there were plenty of veteran members to answer...
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Exhibition Review: Charles James: Beyond Fashion
This year, the Costume Institute has created a jewel box for colorful gems of silk and tulle designed by Charles James, the master manipulator of seams and an expert of controlled volume. The...
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Eight Memorable Fashion Moments
By Cary O’dell As we all know, fashion comes and…goes. And, yet, for all its transitory properties, there comes along, once in a while, truly staggering, time-freezing incidents that forever impact...
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Research Resource: GALLICA
Gallica is an invaluable online resource with an abundance of digitized French media, including fashion magazines such as Femina and Les Modes. Most material is keyword searchable, making it incredibly...
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On this day in fashion history… May 23, 1907
Getting ready for summer travel plans? How about taking some practical traveling advice from Vogue magazine, May 23, 1907: “Whether an outing leads seaward or beckons towards hills and mountains,...
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On this day in fashion history…
On this day in fashion history, May 9, 1912, the first issue of poet Pierre Corrard’s luxury fashion almanac Modes et manières d’aujourd’hui (Fashion and manners of today) was published. Illustration...
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Clara Bow: The Rise and Fall of the Fashionable Flapper
It’s happening tomorrow! Join us for Clara Bow: The Rise and Fall of the Fashionable Flapper byDanielle Morrin Bow, Clara (1928) Paramount / The Kobal Collection Clara Bow (1905-1965) became a...
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Modesty in Fashion: Dress Reform in Modern Orthodox Judaism
Tomorrow is the symposium held by the students of the Fashion and Textiles Studies program at FIT. Here is another fascinating paper that will be presented, this time by Paula Sim, a contributor to...
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A Well Controlled Body: Constructing The New American Woman of Fashion 1900-1940
Two more days…. Saturday is the annual symposium of the Fashion and Textiles Studies program at FIT. Here is one more paper that will be presented. We hope to see you there. The event is free and open...
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