Join Costume Society of America Western Region for a presentation and tours of the richly-textured, exotic and clandestine histories of the Vestment and Liturgical Garments used in Alta California’s Missions
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Fashion and Re-collection: A Postgraduate Symposium with Keynote Speakers London College of Fashion, 29th January 2013 Keynote Speakers: Professor Caroline Evans and Dr. Linda Sandino CALL FOR PAPERS Fashion can be understood as ‘poised ambiguously between present and past’, as noted by Elizabeth Wilson (2003). Indeed, the 2009 inaugural issue of Vestoj, Journal of Sartorial [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Thursday September 20, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO’S BELOVED MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND FOLK ART (MOCFA) CLOSES ITS DOORS AFTER 30 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE The Museum of Craft and Folk Art (MOCFA) on Yerba Buena Lane announces that it will be closing its doors on December 1, 2012 at the end of the run of its [...]
Ever wondered what happens to your clothes beyond the charity bag? Edited by anthropologists Lucy Norris and Julie Botticello, this special issue of Textile reveals the enormous scale, value and impact of the international secondhand clothes trade, a global economy that most know very little about. The topic is approached from a variety of disciplinary [...]
A brief overview of my work as president so far, plus a call for papers for the National Symposium, and a reminder on the ‘Designing Women’ program at The Autry on August 11.
A few weeks ago, Matt Rudd of the Sunday Times of London asked me for a statement on the history of high heels. Though he didn’t quote me exactly, he did quote me first in his column, “God of Small Things” yesterday. For your reference, here’s the complete version of what I told him: High [...]
We had another good set of entries for this contest to win the Cult of Beauty exhibition Catalog, with some good photo entries. I’m planning on doing more of these in the coming months – so keep your eyes open for more opportunities. The Winner is…. Lauren!
Melissa Leventon, former curator of Costume & Textiles at the De Young Museum of San Francisco, as well as a past president of the Costume Society of America, Western Region will be part of a Tapestry symposium on artist Mark Adams being held on Sunday, June 24, from 1-4:30pm. Hope to see you there! Mark [...]
It all began in 1977, when the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association opened in a Los Altos storefront. Now in its permanent home in downtown San Jose, the collection houses “850 quilts, garments and ethnic textiles, and a research library of more than 500 books on the history and making of quilts and textiles.” If [...]
On Thursday, May 10 at 12pm, The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco will play host to the Chavez Santiago family of the “famed weaving village of Teotitlan de Valle presents its story of this ancient art form, a family, a culture and preserving a way of life across generations.” The New York Times [...]
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