"Fashion through space and time"
July 4, 2025 9:54 AM   Subscribe

Wedding dress sketches (introduction) in the Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon collection, evening gowns (introduction) in the Bergdorf Goodman Custom Salon collection, Jerry Miller shoe sketches, and an in-depth look at fashion sketches, daywear, and eveningwear associated with A. Beller & Co. are among the collections, exhibits, etc. searchable by color at the FIT Library's Special Collections and College Archives and introduced in an essay by Karen Jamison Trivette in The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, 1800 to the Present (2024), available free online. The book also has essays on the sewing machine, the role of chemical and textile industries in fashion, Black American fashion designers, Africa Fashion Week Nigeria, sportswear, and secondhand clothes--among many other topics.
posted by Wobbuffet (2 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
Thanks for this!
posted by jedicus at 12:17 PM on July 4 [1 favorite]


This is wonderful! Just what I need when it's too hot here to do anything but lie around and read. Thank you!
posted by Fuchsoid at 1:15 PM on July 4 [1 favorite]


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