Katherine Hepburn: Rebel Chic Jean L. Druesedow, director of the Kent State University Museum and former curator at the Costume Institute, has provided a marvelous essay in Katherine Hepburn: Rebel Chic, the new marvelously illustrated book out on the film-stars on and off-screen style. Druesdow’s essay, “Working Relationships: Costume Design and Katherine Hepburn,” is an [...]
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Edited by UC Davis professor Susan Kaiser (along with Efrat Tseëlon of the University of Leeds and and Ana Marta González of the University of Navarra); this publication – part book and part journal – seeks to further the Fashion Studies debate with both interdisciplinary and international slants. Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty is [...]
Also filed in Books & Resources, California & The West, Film & Television, Friends and Colleagues, History in the Making, Uncategorized
|
Tagged fashion as art, fashion auction, Fashion Book Review, fashion collection, fashion education, fashion history, fashion museum, fashion scholarship, fashion studies, fashion theory
|
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
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 [...]
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 comparison of articles covering the sensationalistic medieval ‘bra’ and a recommendation on the article that people should read to get a better education on the subject, written by Beatrix Nutz, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Innsbruck (She is writing her thesis on the textiles from Lengberg)
I told you to watch this space for more give-aways! Today’s contest is to win a copy of Balenciaga and Spain by Hamish Bowles. This is an exhibition catalog from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s exhibition last year. Worn Through writer, Lauren Michel reviewed the show back in May 2011 and included a [...]
Yesterday, the Smithsonian Magazine’s blog, Past Imperfect posted a rather long article on Rudolph Valentino and his impact on sex and seduction in the early silent film era – and of course there is a brief mention of Natacha Rambova (the main subject of my own research). The article spends much of its time focused [...]
Dance Archives Open House Museum of Performance and Design, Saturday, June 30, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm On the occasion of the Dance/USA Conference held this year in San Francisco, Museum of Performance and Design will display, for one day only, a selection of unique documents and costumes from the dance archives. The Museum will [...]
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!
Fashion Historia RSS
