We invite Cornell students to apply for the Charlotte A. Jirousek Fellowship in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC). Award winners will be given the opportunity to conduct research about a topic of their choice and curate a fashion exhibition in the Human Ecology Building Display Cases, located on Level T of the Human […]
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 […]
Winter Wedding in Pink
The Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection was founded in 1915 by Professor Beulah Blackmore to better educate students about world dress, couture fashion, functional design, ready-to-wear, and textile arts. We continue to collect items that exemplify these goals and occasionally we receive pieces that not only encapsulate fashion’s reach but also commemorate the makers and […]
A Paradox in Fashion
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. Blog post by Perla Imseeh The past and the present. Stability and movement. Orange and blue. How could all these contradictory concepts be explored in only one garment? […]
Kimonos to Suits: The Westernization of Japan’s Textiles
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. Blog post by Joyce Wang Only a century ago, most Japanese people still wore kimonos. Now, kimonos are generally only worn on special occasions while Western clothing dominates […]
Prettier in Pink – Surprising Shades from the 1890s
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. Blog post by Ana Mocklar When thinking of fashion from the late Victorian, early-Edwardian periods, chances are you don’t picture hot pink. While touring the Cornell […]
The IKE Dress: Did it Really Deliver its Promise?
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. Blog post by Salomée Levy IKE is a popular campaign slogan used in Eisenhower’s campaign based on the nickname he used while serving in the military during World War […]
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE GIRLS!
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. Blog post by Ashley Kim I.L.G.W.U. Bronzed Shoe Commemorates the Power of Unity Eye-catching and shining, Cornell University’s Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives houses the “Bronzed shoe” […]
APPLY for the Charlotte A. Jirousek Fellowship in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection
We invite Cornell students to apply for the Charlotte A. Jirousek Fellowship in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC). Award winners will be given the opportunity to conduct research about a topic of their choice and curate a fashion exhibition in the Human Ecology Building Display Cases, located on Level T of the Human […]
Evolution of Childrenswear through the Treman Family Line
Blog post by Isabel Schorn 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 browsing through the Cornell Fashion and Textile Collection database, I stumbled across a blurry image of a young girl and boy dressed […]
Senior Profile: Madelyn Yu
Today, our research assistant Madelyn Yu will cross the stage and graduate with a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Ecology and major in Fashion Design Management. We’re so grateful for the opportunity to have worked with Madelyn over the past year, and have asked her to reflect about her time in the collection and future […]
Tracing the story of three dresses over three generations
Written by Helen McLallen In the mid 1950s, Elizabeth K. Starkweather donated several dozen family garments to the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC) and a group of family papers to the Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscripts Collections (RMC). Among them were three dresses, all made from the same simple and delicate red and […]