Just in time for the spring semester, we’ve uploaded a new batch of womenswear to our online collection. These pieces, many of which have never been offered digitally, date from the 1970s, 80s, and 90s and represent only a small portion of the
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Marcia Weiss is the Director of Textile Design undergrad and graduate programs at Thomas Jefferson University, and Director of the Fashion & Textiles Futures Center. She is also an associate professor of upper level undergrad and graduate
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It’s hard to pick a favorite out of all of the amazing objects we have in the Collection, but near the top of my list is the wardrobe of a young boy named Dermot Chickering Murphy.
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This post is a celebration of that most fanciful of embellishments--the tassel. At its most basic construction, a tassel is a group of threads, yarns, or other lengths of material that is gathered and hung from a roundish head. Usually suspended
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Student assistant Mekhi Granby walks us through his detailed process as he constructs a custom archival storage box for a pair of spats from the turn of the 20th century.
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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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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.
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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