Hello, it’s Gabby again. I wanted to share with everyone a collection I worked with in the spring semester of my freshman year. I was given a box full of objects created by the designer Frankie Welch. I had never heard of her, so I decided to
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When archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922, the discovery would spark an obsession with ancient Egypt that became a global phenomenon that influenced all aspects of design, including fashion and textiles.
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Hello! My name is Rojin Behroozmand. I’m a 26-year-old M.S. student at Thomas Jefferson University, East Falls campus in my second-year of the Fashion Design Management program and a Graduate Assistant at the Design Center. Born and raised in
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Last year, I spent a good deal of my time outside work delving into the world of mother-of-pearl buttons. This likely seems a rather random topic, but as a native Iowan, I was intrigued to delve deeper into an industry that for a period
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Hello all! My name is Mekhi Granby and I’m a junior at Thomas Jefferson University in East Falls. As a freshman, I majored in Fashion Design but have since switched to Fashion Merchandising & Management. I began working at the Design Center
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Hi! My name is Gabrielle Ramos, but I usually go by Gabby. I’m a sophomore attending Thomas Jefferson University and I am majoring in Fashion Design. So far I’ve been enjoying each of my classes. We have been learning the basics and getting a
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The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum's current exhibition, Willi Smith: Street Couture, features a jumper from our collection, part of Smith's 1984 SubUrban line.
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A trove of original designs by Edna Leonhardt, the first woman in North America to own her own textile design firm, is one of the many treasures in our Paul J. Gutman Library.
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One question I’m often asked about objects in the Textile & Costume Collection is where they came from. My simple answer to that question is usually along the lines of, “the majority of objects in the collection were donated.” However,
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Have a peek at one of our treasures, a crazy quilt featuring a collage of textiles and embroidered details such as spiders and webs, deer, birds, and butterflies.