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1. An ‘ethnic’ souvenir for a WWI nurse
(Telling stories with clothes)
... remained in use, but the European fashion style gained more and more ground in urban and, more slowly, in rural areas. And while the actual users of traditional clothes started to discard them as obsolete ...
2. The Artist Imagination
(Telling stories with clothes)
... Wonders can result. For the curators at Kensington Palace our perfect partner was WildWorks, a company of theatre-makers based in Cornwall. They worked with fashion designers, community groups, academic ...
3. Identification of Fabrics
(Working with clothes)
... Paris 1994 (Very solid and readable at the same time, many English terms as well) Irene Emery: The primary structure of Fabrics, London 1994, 3rd edition See also http://vintagefashionguild.org/fabric-resource-a-z/ ...
4. St Gallen – the story of lace
(Telling stories with clothes)
... led on to the Baroque era. Lace was then a trendsetter in fashions. Bobbin lace became a highly refined art in Flanders. The epitome of Baroque lace is “Gros Point de Venise”, which originated in Venice ...
5. Lace for an Empress
(Telling stories with clothes)
... (1826-1920), wife of Napoleon III, appreciated Alençon lace very much as her idol was the fashionable Queen Marie Antoinette. In the history of costume, the period of Napoleon III is often referred to ...
6. Zuzu Angel
(Telling stories with clothes)
... neck. The news of the denouncement made in the first political protest fashion show in the fashion history was published in newspapers of several countries. And Zuzu was not charged with violating the ...
7. Nurses' Uniforms
(Telling stories with clothes)
... collections of fashionable clothing Have a look at the portrait here of Elizabeth Scarlett, and the photograph of her uniform in the Canadian Nursing History Collection. While her uniform ...
8. Russian Underwear
(Telling stories with clothes)
... fashion industry? A bit of all these, but also the last unconscious barrier between personality and society, individual and social surrounding. Underwear is the first layer protecting the body from cold, ...
9. Miser’s Purses
(Telling stories with clothes)
...  Laura Camerlengo, ‘The Miser’s Purse,’ The Berg Fashion Library (2012), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2752/BEWDF/EDch8511 Laura Camerlengo, The Miser's Purse (New York: DesignFile, 2013) Laura Camerlengo, ...
10. Reconstructing the Dress of Queen Mary of Hungary
(Telling stories with clothes)
... ‘seeing’ comes ‘doing’, and the students were invited to take part in a second stage, a practical workshop such as calligraphy, drawing, textile, fashion design, leather, glass engraving etc. The project’s ...
11. Folk Culture and Costume at the Folk Museum in Barbados
(Telling stories with clothes)
... in our collection. It is expected that the small collection of costumes at the BMHS can be used as an educational tool in the near future, to inform persons on how fashion has evolved in Barbados.  ...
12. Pattern-Taking
(Working with clothes)
... Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1994) Janet Arnold, Patterns of Fashion, The cut and construction of clothes for men and women c 1590 – 1620 (London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 1985) Janet Arnold, Patterns ...
13. Reconstructions
(Displaying clothes)
... copy is also an excellent way to study both textile technology and costume and fashion history. Observing how a garment is cut, stitched and tailored helps in understanding our cultural history. Some ways ...
14. Storing Costume
(Working with clothes)
... facility.   checklist of what to remember in designing, equipping, and using a storage area guidelines and recommendations Examples of museum storage facilities  Modern fashion, Paco ...
15. Preventive Conservation
(Working with clothes)
... UNESCO Chair’s perspective (EN), presentation at Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA http://www.icon.org.uk/images/stories/costume.pdf and http://www.icon.org.uk/images/stories/fashion_accessories.pdf ...
16. Mannequins for Costume Display
(Displaying clothes)
... Inexpensive dummies can be made with simple, safe materials in a variety of ways, but it is always important to have a good sense of three-dimensional form and proportions. Knowing fashion history and ...
17. Handling Clothes
(Working with clothes)
... as well as a special knowledge of how to handle both historical and new costume. To work with costume, one should be familiar with social and fashion history, textile techniques, anatomy, textile conservation ...
18. Guidelines
(Working with clothes)
... http://www.icon.org.uk/images/stories/fashion_accessories.pdf Nordiska Museet, Stockholm: The Boundaries of Antiquarian and of Technical Responsibilities in Conservation, 1982. ICOM Bulletin, July ...
19. Costume Idioms
(Telling stories with clothes)
... hat   If something's old hat, it seems rather old fashioned and dated. On pins and needles   If you are on pins and needles, you are very worried about something. ...
20. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget
(Telling stories with clothes)
... years after her death, and is still part of the Royal Collections at Rosenborg Castle. Undressing the figure for conservation revealed that she wore miniature stays, hip pads, undergarments, a fashionable ...
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