“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, […]
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A Vogue Editor’s Wardrobe
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 […]
Processing Fur: An Unexpected Journey of Discovery During a Pandemic
Blog post by Ruby Jones ’22 *warning – this post contains images and descriptions of animal pelt processing* I had no expectations about how I would spend my time in quarantine; yet still, when I found myself skinning a mink and tanning its hide last month, I have to say it was unexpected. Back in […]
Senior Profile: Katie Williams
Katie Williams has spent the last three years working as a research assistant in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection and graduates from the College of Human Ecology with a major in Fashion Design and a minor in History. She has shown her design work at the International Textile and Apparel Association’s highly competitive juried […]
Senior Profile: Allie Malakoff
Allie Malakoff ’20 has worked as a research assistant in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection since the fall of her freshman year in 2016. She is majoring in Fashion Design Management and looks forward to working in the fashion industry. She is a member of Delta Gamma and has modeled for her sorority sister […]
Senior Profile: Tuyen Nguyen ’20
Tuyen Nguyen ’20 started volunteering in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection fall semester of her sophomore year and became a research assistant the following semester. She graduates with a major in Fashion Design Management and a Business minor. This past year, she was inducted into the Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society. Tuyen is an […]
The Progression of the Bra
Blog post by Allie Malakoff ’20. You will never forget the first time you wore a bra. For me, this was a sentimental moment and signified a transition from girlhood to womanhood. Bra shopping, at first, was very overwhelming. Understanding sizing and fit is like learning a new language, and the way the bra manipulates […]
The Resurgence of Home Sewing
Blog post by Juliana daRoza ’22. With frontline workers in need of personal protective equipment (PPE) of all kinds, people across the globe have come together to collect and make these much-needed supplies. In the fashion world, designer Christian Siriano has been making masks and Pyer Moss has transformed offices into a donation center for […]
The Perfectly Imperfect Circle
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 is revealed by the slight adjustment of one side to reach the other. As an elementary school kid with the […]
Black Excellence: Fashion that Prevails
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 21, 2020 Contact: costume@cornell.edu Location: Human Ecology Building, Level T Display Cases Ithaca, N.Y. – A new fashion exhibition, Black Excellence: Fashion that Prevails, will feature items designed by influential Black style tastemakers, influencers, and artists. The exhibit, organized through the Cornell Costume & Textile Collection, will open in the College of Human […]
Fashion & Feathers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 24, 2019 Contact: costume@cornell.edu Location: Human Ecology Building, Level T Display Cases Hours: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. on weekdays, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on weekends when Cornell University is open. Free and open to the public. Ithaca, N.Y. – A new exhibition, Fashion & Feathers, will explore the complex and nebulous space […]
Fifteen Weeks and One-Hundred Eighty Hours Later: My Independent Study in the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection
Blog post by Claudia Libow ’19. For as long as I can remember, I dreamed of working in fashion. I was drawn to the rigorous, fast-paced and dynamic industry and couldn’t wait to be done with school and enter the “real world,” as I still call it today. I came to Cornell and thrived in […]