Wednesday, April 25, 2012
There seems to be a growing roster of peer reviewed academic fashion journals, and the newest is Fashion, Style & Popular Culture (Intellect Ltd). Its inaugural issue will appear in October 2013 (see the call for papers here). Reading the description on Intellect’s website, it seems that the journal might have grown as a subset [...]
This morning at 10:30am (Pacific) I’ll be live-tweeting from the press preview of the de Young Museums, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. The exhibit opens to the public this Saturday, March 24; with a gala celebration tomorrow. Today’s press preview will provide an insiders look at the [...]
This came across my desk yesterday and I thought I’d share: The Californians Connecting to Collections Project (C3) is a statewide preservation project that is providing information, education, and training to California heritage institutions. For additional information about the C3 Project, see the Californians Connecting to Collections webpage. Creating and Funding Preservation Projects to Enhance [...]
Joyce Corbett, curator at the Mengei International Museum in San Diego, sent me this notice of a tour she is leading to explore the folk art of Romania. For a quick preview of what you’ll see on the tour, check out my photos from last year’s exhibition Between East & West: Folk Art Treasures of [...]
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
I try to keep my personal life out off of FashionHistoria as much as possible. Today, that is simply not possible and I need to use this space to honor a lost friend and fellow dreamer, Ethaan R.A. Boyer. He was a friend who has become an inspiration, a dream, and a legend. Though not [...]
Friday, February 24, 2012
Leonard Maltin’s blog highlights this exhibit honoring Cecil B. DeMille (one that has been on display at the USC School of Cinematic Arts since September). The building is open to the public, and the exhibit continues through March 16. Maltin notes, of the above Rambova sketch: “Natacha Rambova (née Winifred Shaughnessy) is best remembered as [...]
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
I recently received a note from a reader, describing her trouble finding information on upcoming fashion and textile exhibitions on view in California. So, I thought I’d share what I know with readers. Quite a variety of exhibits are available across the western states: exhibitions of film costumes, exhibits using old techniques in new ways [...]
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Following up on my post last week from the Portlandia episode featuring the material culture of the 1890s, I thought I’d tell you about a little historic side-project I’ve been working on for the last month: Learning to spin wool into yarn. What? Why would anyone want to do that when there are so many [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Opening today is FIDM’s annual Art of Motion Picture Design exhibition, produced in association with the Costume Designers Guild, which exhibits the Academy Award® nominated costume designs. This year’s nominees include: Lisy Christl for Anonymous Mark Bridges for The Artist Sandy Powell for Hugo Michael O’Connor for Jane Eyre Arianne Phillips for W.E The exhibition [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
I’m so excited to share with readers that the Costume Society of America’s Western Region has just released its registration flyer for the next regional symposium! To be held March 16-18 at the William S. Hart Ranch in Newhall, CA, “Interpreting History Through Costume” will include a wide range of activities and intellectually stimulating paper [...]
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