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"What makes Geoffrey Beene great? Is it the sophistication of his cut that makes the most bulky fabric seem airborne? The curved lines that give a graceful femininity to clothes without dipping into banality? It is all this but, more important, it is the designer’s unceasing struggle to find new materials and new shapes that Read More »
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 Meghan Hansen takes you behind-the-scenes of her curatorial process - the first of a three part series. **************************************************************************************************************** Capturing the Catwalk is the Read More »
A unique periwinkle afternoon gown stands in the flower-filled gallery of Fashion Philanthropy: The Linda & Steven Plochocki Collection. Its Japanese-imported gossamer silk textile and hand-embroidered English Tudor roses represent the distinct style of one maker: Liberty & Co., a brand synonymous with British heritage. The name immediately conjures images of the magnificent mock-Tudor emporium sprawling Read More »
Today's post comes from Registrar Meghan Hansen, who has been working diligently to organize and catalog the FIDM Museum's Michel Arnaud Fashion Photography Archive. Read her account of digitizing the collection in advance of her Summer 2018 exhibition Capturing the Catwalk: Runway Photography from the Michel Arnaud Archive! ************************************************************************************************************************************** The FIDM Museum is home Read More »
FIDM Museum is proud to participate in Museum Week, an international social media initiative to go behind-the-scenes of your favorite cultural institutions. From March 28 to April 4, a daily theme will bring you new insight about the inner-workings of our museum. Today's theme is #PeopleMW; it's an opportunity to get to know the individuals who Read More »
Paco Delgado was on campus today to promote his Academy Award-nominated costumes for The Danish Girl. The Spanish designer is no stranger to receiving critical acclaim; his costumes for Les Misérables in 2013 were also nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA and Costume Designer Guild award, among others. The social media teams from the Museum, FIDM College, and Fashion Club were lucky Read More »
In the late 1960s, the disaffected youth of the Left Bank (or "Rive Gauche") neighborhood of Paris trawled the city's open-air flea markets looking for romantic embellishments like fringed shawls, Indian jewelry, and antique lace. French designers began to "take this costumey rich mood and raise it up to couture," but risked having their clothes dubbed Read More »
In 2013, Donald and Joan Damask donated an amazing collection to the FIDM Museum including fashion photography, theatrical costume sketches, scenic renderings, rare art books, vintage clothing, and world dress. A selection from their donation is currently displayed in the FIDM Museum & Galleries in Inspired Eye: The Donald and Joan Damask Design Collection at Read More »
Madame Grès c. 1970 Gift of Doris Raymond in honor of Kevin Jones 2011.800.2 Madame Grès (1903-1993) made no effort to create a cult of personality around her work instead, she was purposely obtuse, often providing opaque answers to questions about her early career and education. The evolution of her name is but one example Read More »
In today's post, Associate Curator Christina Johnson takes a fond last look at Modern Love. Filled with evocative images, this post offers Christina's visual perspective on the deinstallation of this exhibition. As she describes, removing labels, undressing mannequins, and returning garments to their boxes and crates is a bittersweet process. Modern Love banner on Read More »
Today's post investigates the costume jewelry associated with two renowned design houses: Schiaparelli and Chanel. As we discussed in our post on Kenneth Jay Lane's starburst brooch, costume jewelry became an important component of fashionable dress during the 1920s. Though it had long been possible to imitate the appearance of gold or precious stones Read More »
Today's post is by our Study Collection Manager and expert mountmaker, Carolyn Jamerson. In a previous post, Carolyn described the process of making floating forms. In this post, Carolyn describes the unique challenges of making a custom mount for an 1870s cashmere dolman. ************** As part of the FABULOUS! exhibition, the FIDM Museum is Read More »
