Introducing the NEW FIDM Museum Website
The FIDM Museum is proud to debut our newly designed website, complete with a fresh color palette, streamlined organization, and most importantly, plenty of resources at your fingertips – all on one easy-to-use site.  Start your research off with a... Read Article ››

FIDM Museum Summer Internships
The FIDM Museum is excited to announce that two funded digital summer internships are now open for applications. All applicants should be currently enrolled in a graduate program in fashion history or museum studies; consideration will... Read Article ››

Sporting Fashion Catalogue Contest Winner
Today we are thrilled to share the winner of our Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 catalogue giveaway! Congratulations to…drumroll…high school student Manusree More! We asked for a paragraph on how participating in sports... Read Article ››

The Legacy of Pierre Cardin
At the end of 2020, the fashion industry lost an icon: Pierre Cardin, a cultural revolutionary whose career spanned over seven decades. Best known for his futuristic designs that embodied the youthful ideals of the Space Age and swinging sixties, Cardin... Read Article ››

Babes in Fragment-land!
Just in time for the holiday season, FIDM Museum Registrar/Coordinator Leigh Wishner shares her research on our 'Toy Solider' textile fragment, likely inspired by the 1934 MGM classic Babes in Toyland. Read on to learn how this dynamic textile... Read Article ››

Leon Bennett, Milliner: Part Two
Associate Curator Christina Johnson concludes her two-part exploration of the career of milliner Leon Bennett in today's post. Learn the extent of Bennett's collaboration with designer Rudi Gernreich, and how his career transitioned to focus on... Read Article ››

Leon Bennett, Milliner: Part One
Associate Curator Christina Johnson shares her research on the career of Leon Bennett, a milliner whose name appears in several Rudi Gernreich headpieces in the FIDM Museum collection. In the first of this two-part series, learn how Christina navigates... Read Article ››

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac Shirtdress
We are one week away from the presidential election - have you made your plan to vote? Whether it’s early or on election day, in-person or by mail, we have the perfect garment to encourage your sense of civic duty: a 1980s linen shirtdress printed with the... Read Article ››

Remembering Kenzo Takada
In 1970, a small boutique in Galerie Vivienne, Paris - painted top to bottom with lush vegetation as a tribute to Henri Rousseau’s The Dream - brought a fresh sartorial perspective to the venerated fashion capital. The store, Jungle Jap, was an antithesis... Read Article ››
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