The Kimono: What It Means to be a Japanese Woman

Blog post by Rina Takaoka ’24. 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. Akiko Yosano, a Japanese post-classical poetess, once wrote: “Beautiful are women’s garments Brimming with the unuttered feelings of women’s hearts” [1].   […]

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 […]

Guatemalan huipil

Blog post by Rebekah Elizabeth Ten Hagen, ’23 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. This Guatemalan huipil (figures 1-6) was given to Charlotte Conable and her husband, Barber Conable Jr. ‘42, 7th President of […]

Nixon Speaker Preview: Shravan Kummar

Blog post by Samantha Kirsch ’18. Back in January, sixteen FSAD students had the opportunity to visit India to look at the apparel supply chain.  We visited both large factories and small scale production facilities, and I was personally drawn to the stories of those working to revitalize traditional craft and textile production.  The revival […]

Martha Van Rensselaer in Belgium

Blog post by Eileen Keating. In 1923, at the age of 58, Martha Van Rensselaer was selected by the National League of Women Voters as one of America’s twelve most influential women.  This honor was in recognition of her twenty-three years of pioneering work at Cornell in the new field of home economics.  Home economics […]