I am Aanu Ogunyinka and I’m in my third year here at Thomas Jefferson University. I spent my first two years in the Textile Design program learning the blueprints of fabric structures. This year I changed my major to Fashion Merchandising
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From 1960s mod geometrics and trippy abstracts to lively florals and quirky conversationals--our David and Dash collection of printed fabrics has it all! Fans of mid-century modern will revel in these designs from David and Dash, a textile firm
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Hi! My name is Elissa Lopez and I’m majoring in Fashion Design in hopes of becoming a costume designer out of college. I’ve always been creating since I was little, trying every medium under the sun, but fashion was always the one I came back
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In the process of choosing this garment from the Thomas Jefferson Textile and Costume Collection, I was looking for an item from the early 1900’s since I have a keen interest in styles of the Edwardian era. In no time, this coat caught my eye
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"Imagine a time...when color and texture played no part in fabrics, when, as Jack Lenor Larsen put it 'the insipid pale tints of the depression prevailed.' It would take a pioneering spirit to experiment with new materials and daring color
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A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes is on view at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. I had the thrill of seeing it recently, along with Jade Papa, our curator. Like many textile enthusiasts, I'd been anticipating
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Here at the Design Center, we are incredibly fortunate to house 44 unique katagami stencils. Donated by Jack and Helen Bershad in the 1980s, it was noted that these stencils likely date to the Meiji Era in Japan which would place them between
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Textile printing is a practice that has long been performed by many cultures over many centuries. Some of the earliest known printing methods date back to 2500BC. No matter how many advancement stages printing techniques go through, the main
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My name is Rachel Bender. I am a sophomore in the Fashion Design program. Throughout my short time here at Jefferson, I’ve had the opportunity to learn valuable skills through my studio classes and art history classes. This is where I picked up
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My name is Ta’Ron Jackson. I am in my sophomore year in college. I fell in love with fashion my freshman year of high school. I always like to dress nice wherever I go even if it is just to run to the store, so I decided to start my clothing