The mission of the Historic Textile and Costume Collection supports teaching in the Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, as well as other departments on campus; encourages research by students, faculty, and visiting scholars; and provides artifacts for use in class, exhibitions in the Textile Gallery, and loans at other museums.
Featured Item
Woman's Skirt
Chinese Mamianqun
The skirt is constructed of two pieces that connect at the waist, made of a red damask fabric with a pale green, plain-weave interior lining.…
Featured Collection
Fashion East and West
In Fashion History: A Global View, fashion is defined as “changing forms of dress that are adopted by a group of people at a certain time and place”…
Featured Exhibit
Fashion East and West
In Fashion History: A Global View, fashion is defined as “changing forms of dress that are adopted by a group...
Recently Added Items
Fashion Plate, Afternoon Dress for August, 1800
This fashion plate illustration appeared in the periodical The Lady's Monthly Museum for August of 1800. These publications included serial fiction,…
Fashion Plate, Afternoon Dress 1801
This plate, titled “Afternoon Dress for Oct. 1801,” features two women in two slightly different garments created by “Wirgman, dress maker, Hanover…
Fashion Plate, Morning Dress 1801
The fashion plate shown is from the February 1801 edition of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. The inscription on the bottom reads “Morning Dress, Feb.…
Fashion Plate, Morning Dress 1800
The fashion plate is entitled “Morning Dress for August, 1800”. It illustrates two female friends on a summer morning. The woman on the left is…