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 […]
Fashion resonates. Sounding Fashion voices presence, performance, and disturbance through a chorus of fashion objects. . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sounding Fashion opens on December 12, 2022 with reception and tour with curators at 12:30 PM. Location: Level T Display Cases, Human Ecology Building, Cornell University Hours: 7:30 AM – 8 PM Monday – Thursday & […]
Blog post by Diana Corzine ’22. The loafer, oxford, and heel are classic shoe styles that share another characteristic: they are often worn in professional settings. In the workplace, men may have the option to don relaxed versions of oxfords and loafers, which are wide-set and have little to no heel. Women also have their […]
Attention Cornell Students: 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 Display Cases, located on Level T of the […]
Yvonne Schichtel graduated today with a Bachelor’s of Science with honors in Fashion Design! She has been an invaluable part of the CF+TC and we are so grateful for her! Read more about her contributions: What inspired you to join the CF+TC as a research assistant? As a fashion design major the chance to be […]
Over the past four years, Grace Anderson has taken thousands of incredible photographs for the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection in her role as an undergraduate research assistant. We are so grateful for her incredible eye, technical skill, and aesthetic sensibility! She graduates this weekend with a Bachelor’s of Science in Fashion Design Management from […]
Livia Caligor ’21 began working in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection as a first semester freshman and has continued to stay involved throughout her time at Cornell. She will graduate this weekend with a Bachelor’s of Science in Fashion Design Management and a minor in English. Read more below in our interview with Livia! […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2021 Exhibition, Fashion in Transit, explores how clothing, textiles, and accessories affect body movements, transportation infrastructure, and fashion trends. Contact: cornellfashion@cornell.edu Curators: Joshua Johnson B.A. ‘21; Mona Maher Ph.D. ‘24; Christine McDonald M.F.A. ‘22; and Kat Roberts Ph.D. ‘23 Advisors: Denise N. Green ’07; Rick Geddes; & Leah Sweet Locations […]
Congrats Georgia Hausmann ’20, who has just graduated from Cornell’s College of Human Ecology with a Bachelor of Science in Fiber Science and Apparel Design (FSAD). She majored in Fashion Design Management and has worked as a research assistant in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection for the last two and a half years. We asked […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2020 Contact: Athanasiou Geolas (ajg355@cornell.edu) Twitter: @athangeolas Location: Human Ecology Building, Level T Display Cases and Virtual Dates: December 7, 2020 – Feb. 26, 2021 Ithaca, N.Y. – A new exhibition, Standards for a New Womanhood: Gender, Race, and Expertise, will explore the rise of the professional home economist across […]
“We are contemporaries to catastrophe. Over 200,000 U.S. deaths and counting. Green has become our ‘new normal,’ a color we must aspire to when our government has failed to mitigate or respond appropriately to the call of the people – what can we do? We adorn ourselves in the power of green: suits, coats, wraps, […]
Blog post by Jacklyn DeVito ’18. Dorothy Schefer Faux, Cornell Class of 1969 and renowned fashion and beauty editor, has kept our collection up-to-date with designs from some of the most important contemporary fashion designers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. During my four years working in the CF+TC (2014 – 2018) I […]