Behind the Scenes at Modern Love

Modern Love: Fashion Visionaries from the FIDM Museum LA opens this weekend at the Bendigo Art Gallery! For the past three weeks, Curator Kevin Jones, Associate Curator Christina Johnson, and Assistant Registrar Dani Killam have been working with Bendigo Art... Read Article ››

Miniature corset, 1890s

Miniature corset France, 1890s Museum Purchase 2010.5.9 The corset was literally and figuratively the most defining female fashion of the Victorian era. The body underneath and the clothing above relied on the anatomy-shaping device to compress excess flesh... Read Article ››

Friday Wrap

An occasional round-up of links, events, exhibitions, and other information of interest. This week, we share a new exhibit that caught our attention, and free downloads from Costume, the journal of The Costume Society of Great Britain. Costume‘s current... Read Article ››

Summer intern report

We love our interns and volunteers! We've worked with many wonderful interns and volunteers, and the intern featured in today's post is no exception. Joanna Abijaoude, who wrote a great post on a Victorian skirt lifter, recently completed a summer... Read Article ››