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Today's post is brought to you by our summer intern Caela Castillo, who helped install the Art of Television Costume Design exhibition. Caela is a graduate student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the MA Fashion and Textile... Read Article ››
Intern Report: The Trouser Crease
Today's post was written by our 2018 Santamaura Study Grant Intern Brian Centrone. After years of being a writer and an English professor, Brian returned to school to do an M. A. in Costume Studies at New York University. His research focus has been... Read Article ››
Curating Capturing the Catwalk (Part 3)
FIDM Museum Registrar and Capturing the Catwalk Curator Meghan Hansen finishes her three-part series on the making of the exhibition. In her final post, she explores the seminal moments that made it into her "Catwalk History" slideshow.... Read Article ››
Curating Capturing the Catwalk (Part 2)
In her next post on curating Capturing the Catwalk, Meghan Hansen explains how she created the impressive light box that sits at the entrance of the exhibition – and why it’s an important part of runway history.... Read Article ››
Curating Capturing the Catwalk at the FIDM Museum (Part 1)
Capturing the Catwalk: Runway Photography from the Michel Arnaud Archive is a one-of-a-kind exhibition that brings together the worlds of fashion history, photography, and the runway. Today, exhibition curator and FIDM Museum Registrar... Read Article ››
Behind the Scenes of Acquiring Beauty
Have you visited our latest History Gallery exhibition Acquiring Beauty: FIDM Museum Fashion Council, Est. 2011? This unique show, on view through July 7, 2018, celebrates the accomplishments of the FIDM Museum Fashion Council, the support group that... Read Article ››
The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection at the FIDM Museum
Today's post is written by Curator Kevin Jones and Associate Curator Christina Johnson to explain the details of the FIDM Museum's acquisition of objects from The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection. Associate Curator Christina... Read Article ››
Lecture: Flowers in Fashionable Fabrics
The FIDM Museum is proud to collaborate once again with the Pasadena Museum of History lecture series in conjunction with their current exhibition, Royals of Pasadena: Rose Queen and Royal Court. We invite you to join Museum Coordinator Leigh Wishner for her... Read Article ››
Upcoming Exhibition: Acquiring Beauty
Have you ever attended a FIDM Museum event? A Luncheon & Lecture Day, Royal Tea, Wine Dinner, Gala Night, or even a trip abroad? If so, you're already familiar with the FIDM Museum Fashion Council, our institution's dynamic support organization!... Read Article ››
Color of the Year
Meet Ultra Violet 18-3838, the 2018 Pantone Color of the Year that is “symbolic of counterculture, unconventionality, and artistic brilliance.”[1] Claude Monet, Queen Victoria, and a galaxy far, far away are all associated with this enigmatic color - not... Read Article ››
Fashion Council Voyage 2018: SPAIN
Now that the year is coming to an end, it's time to start planning your fashion adventures for 2018...we are thrilled to announce that our next Fashion Council Voyage destination is SPAIN! We will embark on a professionally guided tour of Madrid and the... Read Article ››
The Year in Review
As our office quiets down for the holidays, we are reminded of what an extraordinary year it has been for the FIDM Museum. We opened six exhibitions in 2017: Art of Motion Picture Costume Design; Exotica: Fashion & Film Costume of the 1920s; Outstanding... Read Article ››