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 […]