Category Archives: Museum Exhibitions

Syracuse University Collection

Posted on 2020-02-10 by Jonathan

What brought me to Syracuse last week was a trip to the university to lecture to the fashion design students about footwear history. I also had the opportunity to see their Sue Ann Genet costume collection, which is amazingly good. … Continue reading →

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Onondaga Historical Society Museum, Syracuse, NY

Posted on 2020-02-09 by Jonathan

Just got back from a whirlwind trip to Syracuse where I spoke at the Syracuse University on shoe history, and then saw some amazing costume collections at the University, behind the scenes at the Rochester Museum of Science, and at … Continue reading →

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Esse Purse Museum does Swimwear!

Posted on 2019-09-05 by Jonathan

This post is a little late… In 2016 we loaned these bathing suits from the FHM collection to the Esse Purse Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. I think they did a great job creating decade cases that put the suits … Continue reading →

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Oakville shows blue jeans “From Workwear to Everywhere”

Posted on 2019-07-25 by Jonathan

Oakville Museum has a great show on this summer “From Workwear to Everywhere” (July 19 – September 1, 12 – 7 p.m. weekdays, 12 – 5 p.m. weekends) at the Queen Elizabeth Community and Cultural Centre. This past spring, curator Carolyn Cross asked … Continue reading →

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Head to Toe at the Niagara Historical Society Museum

Posted on 2019-07-20 by Jonathan

I had the pleasure of speaking to the Niagara Historical Society Museum in Niagara-on-the-Lake a couple of nights ago. Their current feature exhibition is called From Head to Toe and highlights some of the best fashion treasures from their collection. … Continue reading →

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Silver Screen to Mainstream

Posted on 2019-07-06 by Jonathan

When we were in Chicago a couple of weeks ago we caught a great exhibition at the Chicago History Museum. The exhibition focussed on American fashion in the 1930s and 1940s, especially styles influenced by Hollywood, although there was a … Continue reading →

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Posted on 2019-06-21 by Jonathan

A quick trip to Chicago this past week took us home via Cleveland. Our trip to Cleveland this past February was a disaster because all the museums were closed for the polar vortex. This was Cleveland’s last chance… Fortunately, we … Continue reading →

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Camping It Up On The First Monday In May

Posted on 2019-05-07 by Jonathan

Last night’s Met gala event for their latest exhibition ‘camp’ was all about being ‘extra’ — tacky, over-the-top, cheesy, artificial, tasteless, ostentatious, exaggerated, and probably gender and age inappropriate… Needless to say, the fashions worn on the red carpet were … Continue reading →

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Dressing Toronto – November 1-30

Posted on 2018-11-03 by Jonathan

We just opened Dressing Toronto in conjunction with Myseum at the Toronto Media Arts Centre (location and opening times below). The show surveys some of the sources from where Torontonians acquired their clothing over the past 150 years. The selection of … Continue reading →

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PD Day in Toronto – Part Three – Italian Surprise

Posted on 2018-05-31 by Jonathan

On our way back from the ROM we cut through Yorkville Village (formerly known as Hazleton Lanes), to get to our car, and discovered an exhibition of 60 years of Italian Fashion in the main rotunda. I had heard nothing … Continue reading →

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