History & Hair Ornaments: Korean Artist Narrates the Resurgence and Propagation of Traditional Craftsmanship

The stories told by art hold the ability to overcome temporal distances and to drift across continental borders. Throughout history, man has relied heavily on art to unveil fading cultural trajectories, regarding it as a monumental recollection of the past that eventually leads into a foreshadowing of repetition and nuance.  The artifact that grasped my […]

The Shoe

Blog post by Jennifer Uber This online blog post features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the US Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. While visiting the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection, I was drawn to a particular style of women’s shoes featured in Figure 1. These […]

Rationing Nuptials

Blog post by Mattie Nguyen This online blog post features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the US Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. Weddings have long been days of tradition, ceremony, ritual, and rite of passage. Many mark their wedding day as one of the most […]

Silk Screened LGBTQ+ voices

Blog post by Morgan McCartan ’22 This online blog post features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the US Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. You can feel the passion and pride of those who wore and designed these t-shirts. Within the Human Sexuality Collection in Cornell […]

The Women’s Vote

Blog post by Serena Wang ’25 This online blog post features materials protected by the Fair Use guidelines of Section 107 of the US Copyright Act. All rights reserved to the copyright owners. Upon first glance, the outfit in Figures 1 and 2 may seem insignificant, like any other 1950s shirtwaist dress and parasol. However, […]