Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
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Dressing the P-Arrrr-t: Fashioning the Pop Culture Pirate from the Seventeenth to Twenty-First Centuries
Jordain Williams
- 2025
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M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025
Historical Research, Analysis, Conservation of a Cantonese Opera Costume Faan Gung Zong
Yiqian Yao
- 2025
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M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025
A Look at Sydney Wragge's Career at B.H. Wragge Through the Lens of Visual Merchandising 1936-1971
Parker Vail Ahmad
- 2025
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M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025
Substitutes, Sacrifice, and Symbolism: Conservation of a Fire-Damaged Acetate Naval Nurse's Jacket from the Second World War
Annalise Mary Gall
- 2025
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M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025
A Bead-ing Heart: The Ethics and Process of Conserving Costume for Active Use
Claire Isabel Zimmeth
- 2025
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M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025
Advance Pattern Co., 1932-1980: A Company Lost to Time
Taleah Cameron
- 2025
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M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2025
All that Glitters...
- 2025
- Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
- The Museum at FIT
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Exhibition Date: February 26–March 23, 2025
Untying the Bow
- 2024
- Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
- The Museum at FIT
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Exhibition Date: March 1–24, 2024
Advance Pattern Co., 1932-1980: A Company Lost to Time
Taleah Cameron
- 2025
- Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
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Though unknown now, between 1932-1966 Advance Pattern Company was one of the biggest competitors in the sewing pattern industry. They did this by selling themselves as a fashionable brand with easy-to-sew patterns. This reputation, paired with their vast array of sewing patterns meant to appeal to various customers, was what solidified their place in the home sewing market. Despite utilizing all sorts of branding and advertising tactics to build a successful business the company disappeared and fell into obscurity. How did this once strong company disappear without much explanation, while its former competitors, Simplicity, McCall's, Vogue, and Butterick, still manage to maintain relevance in the home dressmaking market today? An analysis of older articles, archival materials, books, and the company's sewing patterns help in understanding what business decisions elevated or ultimately hindered the company, in hindsight.
Fashioning in the Flat: Collage as a Contemporary Approach to Self-Styling
Claire A. Calvert
- 2024
- Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
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Fashion and collage are related in that they have historically been—and remain—intertwined with self-expression and the development of personal style. Like fashion, collage, which is created by collecting, cutting, and combining things, conveys meaning through a system of signs. Historically, collage has been defined rather strictly as a paper medium. However, leaving space for more expansive material parameters lends greater significance to aspects of collage such as the ways in which fragments are combined. Examples of fashion-collage from the seventeenth century through today exemplify that the activity of collage uniquely allows for individuals to explore style expression beyond the physical body and demonstrate material literacy. For fashion media and retailers, collage can be a means of encouraging fashion consumerism and suggesting choice. Examining fashion magazines from their seventeenth-century emergence to their present-day state illuminates the ways in which magazine images evolve. As printing and photography become more accessible and widely used, editorials become more collage-like. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the disposability of magazines, combined with their abundance of enticing illustrations and photography, encouraged readers to use them as materials for fashion-collages–serving as what I term "off-the-body fashion expressions." In the twenty-first century, the now-defunct fashion-collaging website Polyvore took fashion collaging from the physical to the digital, serving as a platform to both create and share digital fashion mood-boards. As the majority of twenty-first-century fashion is ready-to-wear, and consumers have largely lost their material literacy, digital fashion-collage proved to be an excellent medium for building sartorial-sign literacy, and continuing the longstanding relationship of fashion and collage.
Pockets to Purses: Fashion + Function
- 2018
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Pockets and purses are often presented as opposites, yet both function as places to carry and store valuables. A close examination of their history reveals a nuanced interconnection rather than clear divisions between masculine and feminine uses and designs.
The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion
- 2019
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An exploration of the legacy of one of the first institutions dedicated to educating fashion industry professionals in New York City
Adrian: Hollywood and Beyond
- 2017
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An exploration of Adrian’s costume and ready-to-wear designs through two categories of technique: construction and textile design
The Women of Harper's Bazaar, 1936-1958
- 2016
- Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
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An exploration of the collaborative relationship among Carmel Snow, Diana Vreeland, and Louise Dahl-Wolfe during their time working together at Harper’s Bazaar
Lauren Bacall: The Look
- 2015
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The first exhibition to exclusively celebrate the film and theater star's unique style
Beyond Rebellion: Fashioning the Biker Jacket
- 2014
- Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
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Traces the rise of the black leather jacket from utilitarian outerwear to iconic high-fashion garment
Boots: The Height of Fashion
- 2013
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An examination of how boots emerged as a modern fashion phenomenon during the 20th century and evolved to become a staple of the fashionable woman's wardrobe
Youthquake! The 1960s Fashion Revolution
- 2012
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An exploration of the dramatic impact of youth culture on fashion during the 1960s
Vivienne Westwood, 1980-89
- 2011
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Three different views of Westwood’s work during the pivotal decade of the 1980s
Scandal Sandals & Lady Slippers: A History of Delman Shoes
- 2010
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A vibrant and detailed selection of the glamorous, innovative, and classic styles that made Delman Shoes a leader in women's footwear
Muriel King: Artist of Fashion
- 2009
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An exhibition focusing on on the artistry of King's designs and seeks to define her contribution to the history of American fashion
Sole Desire: The Shoes of Christian Louboutin
- 2008
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An exhibition tracing the course of Louboutin's career and placing him in context with other important designers while examining the major influences and themes that have informed his designs
Modern Master: Lucien Lelong, Couturier 1918-1948
- 2006
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The first exhibition to trace Lelong's thirty-year career and examine his contribution to the history of fashion
Designing the It Girl: Lucile and Her Style
- 2005
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The first exhibition to celebrate Lucile's unique style and entrepreneurial spirit, establishing her place in the history of fashion
Temptation, Joy & Scandal: Fragrance & Fashion 1900-1950
- 2004
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An exhibition to celebrate the union of two French luxury industries: fragrance and fashion