My name is David Kramer, and I am a textile design major at Thomas Jefferson University. My interest in textiles began as something I did not realize had a connection to textile design. Beginning in the first grade, I would create
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Weddings are sentimental, special days that only last a few hours...so you better wear something to remember! Layers of women’s dress in the early 1900’s consisted of about six layers.
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When you walk through the front doors of the Design Center, the building that houses the Textile & Costume Collection on Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus, you may never guess that you’re steps away from tens of thousands of
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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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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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