This week, we bring you some stunning examples of a variety of trim samples held in the Textile & Costume Collection. Our graduate student, Rojin Behroozmand, has been working on inventorying these pieces for us, but after I had a sneak peak of
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A clothes hanger, garment hanger, or coat hanger is a hanging device in the shape/contour of human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a garment worn on the upper portion of one’s body. A coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse, or
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We've been deep into the process of photographing our Womenswear since August of last year. We decided to start with our objects from the 1980s and work our way backward through the 70s, 60s, and so on. These fashions are a bit easier to fit
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Did you know that as part of our collection we hold tens of thousands of fabric swatches dating back to the seventeenth century? Well, now you can check out some of these swatches on our new and improved website Tapestry.
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I have always been fascinated by fashion and fabrics since I was a young child. My favorite toy was a little chain-stitch sewing machine that I used to make doll clothes. I then learned to sew and competed in textile competitions in 4-H growing
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In December, legendary textile designer and innovator Jack Lenor Larsen passed away at the age of 93 at his home in East Hampton, NY. It would be difficult to overstate his contributions to textile design, particularly to the mid-20th century
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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