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https://www.thecjm.org/learn_resources/522 This is really a nice exhibition. If you have an interest in Levis and its history this may be of interest. Enjoy! -Pam

NEW ON THE BLOG ✨ Chicago History Museum fashion exhibition Making Mainbocher: The First American Couturier. I've included photos of the entire collection and personal information about his life as shared by Curator Petra Slinkard. MAKING MAINBOCHER: THE FIRST AMERICAN COUTURIER...

Had to share this - quite amazing piece! https://www.facebook.com/artgalleryrockhampton?fref=nf

I just read about this in my newspaper today: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/jean_paul_gaultier/index.php Sounds really interesting - I wish I could see it, but a trip to NY is pretty surely not on my cards this winter. I really like Gaultier - not just the fashion, but himself. He...

If you missed the Schiaparelli exhibit in Philadelphia in 2003, you'll want to plan to see next year's exhibit of Schiaparelli and Prada at the Met Costume Institute. The exhibit will run May 10 - August 19, 2012...

Wow! If anyone can get to Pullman, Washington, this exhibit is a must. It travels to San Jose later on, so some of you will have closer access. I was really thrilled to meet Alfred Shaheen’s daughter and son-in-law, Camille Shaheen-Tunberg and Bill Tunberg, at the exhibit’s opening. They were...

I was just reading today's Honolulu paper a little bit earlier and there is a wonderful article about Alfred Shaheen and the exhibit opening this Thurs. at WSU. (Washington State University in Pullman, WA.) http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20110404_aloha_for_the_world.html Toward...

Debutanteclothing.com writer, Suzanne Reinhardt Kuhn covered the private curator lead tour of the Valentina exhibit in NYC. Check it out! Lots of eye candy. http://tinyurl.com/ctmkbd

I spent the day at the Mus. of the City of NY, looking at the Valentina exhibit and some garments which did not make the exhibition. First the exhibition is absolutely fantastic! Her designs are very focused on the body and many have the most fabulous bodices. I can just imagine the owners...

The Valentina exhibition opened last night at the Museum of the City of NY. I wasn't able to go, but had seen many of the garments earlier. Valentina was one of a kind. Born in Russia, she is considered an American designer. Here is the address for Cathy Horn's blog in the NYTimes...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art (one of my faves) is opening their new Perelman Building tomorrow. This huge new building was designed to exhibit "light sensitive" items, including fashion and textiles. The Philadelphia Museum houses an extensive fashion and costume collection. The first...