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

Posted on March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 by Erin Yoon

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 trajectorie... Read More

Winter Wedding in Pink

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Catherine Blumenkamp

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 ... Read More

APPLY for the Charlotte A. Jirousek Fellowship in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Catherine Blumenkamp

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 ... Read More

Allie Malakoff stands with patchwork dress form

The Perfectly Imperfect Circle

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 by Denise N. Green

Blog post by Allie Malakoff ’20 and dedicated to the class of 2020. It is physically impossible to draw a perfect circle. Inevitably, one half will be lopsided or the point where each end meets ... Read More

Aloha Shirts

Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 by Denise N. Green

Blog post by Georgia Hausmann ’21. It is not uncommon to see a plethora of viscose or cotton-polyester Aloha or Hawaiian-style shirts on the way to the beach, or when walking into the resort sec... Read More

WOMEN EMPOWERED: Fashions from the Frontline

Posted on November 7, 2018January 6, 2019 by Denise N. Green

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 7, 2018 Contact: costume@cornell.edu Location: Human Ecology Building, Level T Display Cases Hours: 8 AM – 8 PM on weekdays, 9 AM – 4 PM on weekends We are alway... Read More

Nixon Speaker Preview: Shravan Kummar

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Denise N. Green

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... Read More

Undergraduate Research Assistant Profile: Rachel Doran ’19

Posted on April 10, 2018September 27, 2018 by Denise N. Green

Name: Rachel Doran Class year: 2019 Major: Fiber Science and Apparel Design – Fashion Design Management When did you begin working in the collection and what inspired you to join the CCTC? I s... Read More

Dykes in the City: An interview with founder, Nicky Cutler

Posted on March 15, 2018March 26, 2018 by Denise N. Green

Blog post by Denise N. Green ’07 It was the summer of 2006 and I was in the thick of curating a costume exhibition about Ithaca’s fashioned youth subcultures when I met Nicky Cutler. Nicky h... Read More

From the Runway to the Bleachers: A Review of #thenewCFC

Posted on March 12, 2018March 26, 2018 by Denise N. Green

Review by Amanda Denham, MA ’17 *The opinions expressed in this blog post are of the author, Amanda Denham, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection* It... Read More

The Cornell Fashion Collective & The Cornell Costume and Textile Collection: An Ongoing History

Posted on March 9, 2018March 26, 2018 by Denise N. Green

Blog post by Katie Williams ’20 From folding tables taped together to make a runway to a professional production and staged show, the Cornell Fashion Collective has transformed over the past 34 ... Read More

The Power of a Winter Coat

Posted on March 8, 2018March 26, 2018 by Denise N. Green

Blog post by Amanda Dubin ’18 As all Cornell students and alumni know, surviving a harsh Ithaca winter is challenging. The streets are constantly covered in snow, which soon turns to slush and e... Read More

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