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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The Textile and Costume Collection is fortunate to count amongst its holdings a number of knitwear pieces from a designer dubbed the “Queen of Knits” by Women’s Wear Daily in 1968.
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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, 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.