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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 section of a clothing store. In fact, I would say it’s a common sight. I once loved digging through boxes of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blog post by Livia Caligor ’21. CDL Designers: Where Are They Now? Founded in 1984, the Cornell Design League (CDL), today known as the Cornell Fashion Collective (CFC), is a student-run organization that provides members of the Cornell community with an outlet to express creativity in fashion design and fashion management. Each spring, our organization […]
Attention Cornell Students: Apply for the Charlotte A. Jirousek Research Fellowship in the Cornell Costume & Textile Collection! The late Dr. Charlotte Jirousek, former curator of the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection (CCTC) and Associate Professor in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, was passionate about integrating the CCTC into the educational experience […]
Tuyen began working in the Cornell Costume & Textile Collection this past academic year and will be working with us this summer! She is majoring in Fashion Design Management and Cornell class of 2020. When did you begin working in the collection and what inspired you to join the CCTC? I helped out […]