What makes a program vibrant? What causes a program’s demise? I know these are complex questions that are not easily answered. While some programs seem to be fading out others are busting at th...
Fashion and textile museum collections aren’t stored the same way as the clothes in your own wardrobe! With custom-made drawer systems, hanging racks and climate control, storage is designed to minim...
Just recently a fascinating exhibition opened at the International Center of Photography that focuses on propaganda found in Civil War era photographs, and more specifically, those that helped to con...
One of the exhibition and research ideas that keeps me awake at night, or daydreaming on grey London days, is a history of the umbrella. (If you are researching or have done work on this topic –...
Robin Givhan‘s insightful — if critical — January article about Karl Lagerfeld’s solo collections not only cost her front row seats at the Chanel shows (and more than likely f...
Worn Through is looking for 1-2 qualified interns. Preferably students, especially graduate students, but can be flexible. We can work with you to get college credit. Unpaid. Lots of fun things going...
Fashion Studies Journal Submissions are due by September 15, 2012 The Parsons MA Fashion Studies program invites you to submit creative scholarly material to its second issue of FSJ in which we ask c...
Image Credit: makemeadress.blogspot.com The First Issue of the Fashion Studies Journal from Parsons MA Fashion Studies program is available here! This publication not only features scholarship from t...
I am always eager to incorporate new technology into my classroom. However, the rate at which new sites and apps appear can be dizzying. Each seems to have a slight learning curve. Coupled with a hec...
Bodies are inextricably connected to the subject of fashion and clothing, whether involved in ongoing disputes about model body image or the use of mannequins in store windows and museum exhibitions....
The Horniman Museum, located just outside of central London in Forest Hill, is currently hosting a suite of exhibitions about body adornment, contemporary dress and how we record and collect these pr...
It is not news to fashion scholars that what you wear can affect what you think about yourself as well as your appearance. A recent study has not only proved this basic concept, it has also shown tha...
This week, Worn Through would like to highlight “Considerations on a Gentleman’s Posterior” and encourage you to add it to your reading lists. Cole, Shaun. “Considerations on a Gentleman&...
New Materials: Their Social and Cultural Meanings Essays must be received by November 1, 2012 for consideration. We invite historians of science, technology, and medicine; and scholars in science and...
I received an interesting question from a Masters student in the UK asking about the difference between the display and collecting of fashion in an art gallery as opposed to a museum. In my experienc...
Monica touched on the difficulty of teaching textile science last week and proposed some great resources for applied learning such as spoonflower’s sampling options. I want to tease out (pun intended...
A couple weeks ago while attending The Total Look: The Creative Collaboration Between Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt, and William Claxton, on view through May 27th at the Museum of Contemporary Art, L...
The early 1950s are looming large in the UK this summer, with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee assuring that shop windows and themed celebrations all pay tribute to the look and feel of post-war Bri...
In organizing my blog idea notes, I came across an old article from 2009: Robot Model Walks in Japan. The article dramatically speculates: “The very livelihood of living, breathing models may b...
The Guardian’s Fashion blog ran a piece in late April titled “Is Muslim fashion finally ‘on trend’?“ The same day a slideshow of “Hijab friendly fashion” opt...
Throughout human history and across the globe, whether as intimate artifacts of interpersonal relations or state-level monumental works, textiles have been imbued with political importance. Textiles ...
Image Credit: makemeadress.blogspot.com Here are some journal articles relatively hot off the press that you should consider adding to your reading list: Image Credit: imdb.com 1. Brevik-Zende...
In this youtube video clip from FabAudrey, commentators including fashion designer Cynthia Rowley discuss the style and impact of Audrey Hepburn.
Textile courses can be very tricky to teach. Knowing the physical properties of fibers is vital to fashion design and merchandising. Yet lecturing about polymers and chemical reactions for the entire...
Last night we caught up on a culture show produced here in Sweden, Kobra. The theme last week was Copies, and although they mentioned fashion in passing, it focused more on German villages reproduced...
When you walk into the exhibition on the top floor of the Armémuseum in Stockholm, life-sized apes fighting a brutal battle light up, and their antagonistic screeches fill the room. This is the momen...
Recently, I paid an impromptu visit to The V&A’s Museum of Childhood with a research group I am part of, primarily to look at children’s and doll’s clothes made from muslin. I h...
On 18 April, Louis Vuitton won what is being referred to as a landmark copyright infringement case in the United States. The ruling will protect Louis Vuitton from “large-scale international co...
Anthropologist, writer, photographer, lecturer and consultant, Ted Polhemus has been using popular culture as a window on the world for 30+ years. His work has made a huge impact on my career path, a...
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