Blog post by Morgan McCartan ’22 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. You can feel the passion and pride of those who wore and designed these t-shirts. Within the Human Sexuality Collection in Cornell […]
Surface design techniques
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 […]
The Jallayeh: A Palestinian Wedding Gown
Blog post by Amanda Denham MA ’17 Part of my job here at the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection is to research and evaluate our items to determine how they contribute to our collection as a whole. Collections are just that: they are a sum of their parts. Sometimes I open a box and find […]