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Mystery Monday: Jack Potter’s Drawing and Thinking
I thought someone might mention the names Vuillard and Toulouse-Lautrec this week! Potter, Jack. Mimi Monette, interior with brown background. Conté and watercolor, 45 x 61 cm. Accession number...
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Mystery Monday
As a new semester begins and we find ourselves returning to a strict schedule of classes, studying, and research, time is very much on our minds. While we settle into our comfortable but hectic...
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Mystery Monday: A Suit from La Belle Jardinière
Manufactured during the period now known as La Belle Époque (1871 – 1914), this suit from La Belle Jardinière is an example of the more affordable, ready-to-wear suiting options available to Parisian...
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Mystery Monday
It’s the day after the Super Bowl. Did your team win? At next year’s party, instead of wearing your favorite football jersey, why don’t you consider sporting something similar to our latest mystery:...
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Guest Post: Fashion, Reconsidered
By Cary O’dell Cary O’Dell’s work has appeared on PopMatters.com, Thoughtcatalog.com and Wornthrough.com. His book, “June Cleaver Was a Feminist! Reconsidering the Female Character of Early...
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Mystery Monday: Beth Levine
Yes, Beth Levine of Herbert Levine, Inc. designed this shoe. Levine, Beth. “Kick Off“, ca. 1965. Leather upper with a Cuban and a welt sole, Size 5B. Part of the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at...
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Edward Linley Sambourne: Hidden Street Fashion
By Landis Lee Today when street fashion photography is mentioned, photographers such as Bill Cunningham of the New York Times or Scott Schuman of the blog The Sartorialist, may come to mind. Their...
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Street-Style Fashion Photography Before 1920
Last week we shared with you Landis Lee’s research on Edward Linley Sambourne, who may have been the original street fashion photographer. This week, on the same topic, here is another fascinating post...
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The Art of Fashion Illustration
This is a guest post by Lucinda Bounsall, fashion writer at farfetch.com Twiggy by David Downton Throughout the 1900s everything from pencil and ink drawings to paintings and screen prints graced the...
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Foundations in Vogue:1953-1963
The third post in the series of Fashion Photography. Read Landis Lee’s post on the innovative street photographer Edward Linley Sambourne and Kathryn Squitieri’s post on street-style fashion...
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The Art of Exhibiting Fashion History- Part I
La Belle Époque: The Art of Exhibiting Fashion History at the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art By Janet Lee “Now I was born in the heart of the Belle Époque. I was born in Paris. I...
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Boots: The Height of Fashion
This coming Tuesday will mark the opening of the exhibition Boots: The Height of Fashion, curated by the students of our program in collaboration with the Museum at FIT. Satin evening boots by...
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Lady of the Daisies
I have mentioned here and here that for quite some time I have been researching the history of the luxury beachwear brand Gottex, and specifically the work if its founder and designer of many years Lea...
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These Boots Are Made For Walking?
Our exhibition, Boots: The Height of Fashion, opened on March 4. And now comes the video… the talented Alex Joseph and Fiona Tedds, went out to the street, to find out how women today feel about their...
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Exhibition Review: Fortuny y Madrazo: An Artistic Legacy
Red, aqua and gold surround visitors at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, punctuated with swirls of silk turbans and gowns of apricot and cornflower blue. All is framed by Fortuny fabric, paintings,...
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Exhibition Review: Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity
This weekend, while visiting the newest exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum Art, I watched as ruffles became brush strokes and bright buttons became dots of paint on a canvas. At Impressionism, Fashion...
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Mystery Monday
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We look at this woman and observe her detailed gown and her striking crown of gray hair. We notice how her elegant, long fingers gracefully hold a frame to a...
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Mystery Monday: The Countess da Castiglione
Yes, this is a photo of the Countess da Castiglione. Pierson, Pierre-Louis. Scherzo di Follia, 1863-66, printed 1940s. Identification number 21041 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. When the Countess...
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Mystery Monday: Easter Edition
Spring break has arrived and Easter is on its way! To celebrate the arrival of a favorite holiday and holy day, here’s the latest mystery: What artist took a break from fashion illustration to draw...
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Mystery Monday: Mela Koehler
Yes, this lithograph is by Mela Koehler (1865 – 1960), a close collaborator with the Wiener Werkstätte. Koehler, Mela. Happy Easter! (Frohe Ostern!), ca. 1907/8–14. Color lithograph, 5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in....
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