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The Historic Textile and Costume Collection is loaning several samplers to the Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum for an exhibit on samplers from South County, Rhode Island. The exhibit will be opening in April, 2024. URI is fortunate to have a sampler identified as being from South Kingstown, RI.
Graduate students are currently in the second of a two-course sequence bringing together research on historic fashion from two different geographical regions of the world. The first, the “East,” investigated the dress of Southeast Asia, specifically China, Japan, and Korea. The second is the “West,” meaning Europe and America. The last assignment delved into hybridity, that is the intersection of two cultures. Now the students are working to bring their research to the Textile Gallery in the second class, Exhibition and Storage. The exhibit will open in April, 2024.
Dressed for Business: A Retrospective Look at the Suit and Beyond (1923 - 2023)
Closing soon in the Textile Gallery in Quinn Hall, first floor.
As the College of Business celebrates its 100th year the Textiles, Fashion Merchandising & Design Department offers a celebratory exhibition in the Quinn Hall Textile Gallery. Historic textiles and clothing items from the University’s collection provide a window into the past and allow us to reflect on the many changes that have occurred not only in our university community but the global world beyond in the last century.
While we are a “community of big thinkers” interested in new ways of looking at the world, the present is often informed by the past, so join us as we pause and reflect on where we have been and where we are going as the College of Business moves into the next century.
PAST EXHIBIT
"What's in A [Designer] Name? An Investigation of Twentieth-Century Fashion Labels"
This exhibit, curated and installed by graduate students, included garments and accessories from Lucien LeLong to Issey Miyake, with Givenchy and YSL in between.
See the collection of of Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers posted on this omeka site for the research papers by students in Spring 2021 TMD 570 - Material Culture: 20th-Century Designers.