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Works:	39 works in 39 publications in 1 language and 39 library holdings
Genres:	History  Pictorial works

Nearly widely held works by Country University of New York Fashion Establish of Technology

Unity, rebellion, modesty : a history of the prarie dress, 1850-2019 by Megan Gellen( Book )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

"Prairie dress" is a phrase that evokes an image of a far-away past in the American West, when the state there was only get-go to be explored past white Americans. It has been used to depict garments from the nineteenth century, the 1970s, and the more recent 2010s. However, this silhouette truly originated in the 1970s, as zip worn during the nineteenth century was so specific a style. This paper looks to the vesture worn past women living in the American Westward from the 1850s to only before 1900 in order to understand this fact. Details of clothes that were used by people of the 1970s to signify what was newly called "the prairie dress" will then be examined. After exploring how this new silhouette was constructed in the 1970s, the paper volition then clarify the reemergence of this prairie dress within fashion of the 2010s. The significant of the phrase "prairie dress" has shifted, with a new definition and differing connotations during each of the three main fourth dimension periods of this study. Offset, it was an all-encompassing phrase, not relating to any specific manner, but describing anything worn by those living on the American frontier. Next, information technology became a specific style with some variants, although all prairie dresses of the 1970s resulted from a romantic and arcadian vision of the past. The silhouette never truly disappeared from the public consciousness once it had been established, simply returned with a fervor during the tardily 2010s, just equally instability within the political sphere began to escalate once again. This paper investigates these three time periods in order to understand this intriguing history of the prairie apparel silhouette

Norman Norell (1900-1972) : dean of American fashion by Laura Matina( Book )

1 edition published in 2020 in English language and held by 1 WorldCat fellow member library worldwide

With a career that spanned more than than v decades, designer Norman Norell is credited with raising the stature of American set up-to-wear to the levels of high fashion through the use of luxury fabrics and couture techniques. He is also the first American designer to create a mode make, paving the manner for the contemporary fashion business organization. In my paper, I examine the early influences and work experiences that helped to develop Norell's aesthetic, including his exposure to theater, instruction in New York, and subsequent jobs in film and theater. I continue by looking at the development and refinement of his technical skill under the mentorship of Hattie Carnegie and examine Norell'southward tremendous and immediate success under the Traina-Norell characterization by placing it in historical context. I examine Norell's body of piece of work, focusing on key silhouettes and the methods he used to perfect his designs and grow his business concern over the course of his career. Using newspaper articles, correspondence with clients, interviews with colleagues and friends, scholastic research, and garments held in museum and personal collections, I demonstrate the timelessness of his clothes, the consistency of his design, and his tireless pursuit of excellence. In conclusion, I particular how Norell's work with pupil designers and with the CFDA helped to drag and promote the American fashion industry

Replicating a Revolutionary War knapsack : the challenges and ethics of creating a museum reproduction by Sarah E Altman( Book )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by i WorldCat member library worldwide

A historic site and national landmark, Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site ("WHQ"), in Newburgh, New York, serves as a museum dedicated to preserving and interpreting the legacy of the American Revolutionary War. In the early on 2010s, WHQ implemented an open-storage organisation that could allow visitors to safely view more than of the delicate historic objects in its collection, including a rare Revolutionary State of war era knapsack (the "Uhl knapsack"). As function of this new open up-storage system, WHQ'south curators sought a replica of the Uhl knapsack that could be displayed three-dimensionally on a mannequin and thereby offer a more dynamic interpretation and experience of the knapsack for visitors. Using the replication of the Uhl knapsack as a example study, this paper considers the bones question of how a professional person conservator tin ethically replicate cultural holding. Even before budgeted the nuts and bolts of methodology, the act of replication itself poses fundamental problems for conservation theory and ideals. Disquisitional test of the concepts that underlie conservation ethics and practice yet reveal that replication tin exist an appropriate and powerful tool for the professional conservator. Gimmicky conservation theory farther provides useful methodologies for ethically creating replicas. Following exploration of the ethics of replication, this paper discusses the bug involved in creating the replica of the Uhl knapsack. It concludes by describing how the replica was made and how it was displayed at WHQ

Mary Brooks Picken (1886-1981) : pioneer of American sewing and fashion education by Michelle A Porrazzo( Volume )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by ane WorldCat fellow member library worldwide

Mary Brooks Picken (1886-1981), including her work at the Woman'due south Found of Domestic Arts and Sciences, the evolution of her eponymous school, the Mary Brooks Picken School, too as her contribution to New York City, including her tenure as the commencement female trustee at the Fashion Constitute of Technology, among many other achievements. Picken's legacy includes over ninety-6 reference books, pamphlets, lesson books, and style history references. Mary Brooks Picken's career spanned at least half dozen decades, spent educating and encouraging women through sewing and fashion instruction, fashion business, and through the plethora of publications she wrote. While many societal changes occurred during Picken'south career, her resolve and endless pursuits earned her a place as one of the most influential sewing and style educators of the time. While Picken name is no longer a household name, the effects of her dedication and long career left an indelible mark on the abode sewing and fashion manufacture, shaping and forming it, in part, to what it is today. Today, Picken's legacy lives on in her contributions to the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Costume Plant, and the Fashion Group, and to the countless nameless students who were impacted by her instruction at numerous institutions. While her verbal curriculum is no longer taught, Picken's writing lives on, even so inspiring new generations of creative designers and makers, adapting her work to the new century

Holy work to exotic fine art : lifespans of Japanese Kesa by Kathyrn Smith( Book )

ane edition published in 2020 in English and held by one WorldCat member library worldwide

A religious garment dating back to the lifetime of its founder, the kesa has endured centuries, fifty-fifty millennia, equally a religious vestment and is withal being made today. Kesa are the patchwork mantles worn by priests and monks of the Buddhist faith. Their structure was said to be ordained by the Buddha himself, equally a distinguishing marker from other faiths. Kesa have many names and exist in many cultures, but the kesa of Japan are distinctive treasures and serve as hallmarks of the country's history. Introduced relatively late to Japan, Buddhism set downward roots and became integrated with the culture and government of the nation, growing to be a huge power. The authority of the religion was reflected in the luxury of the textiles used in its kesa, originally meant to exist composed of discarded scraps. When the Buddhist authority roughshod during the Meiji Restoration, these virtually sacred garments were put up for sale. Japanese fine art dealers brought them over to the West, lands ignorant of their fine art and civilization. Thus, these most sacred objects were reduced to wall hangings to decorate the parlors of the wealthy. Kesa continue to be prominently in art collections, private and public, in the U.s.a.. Today, these kesa are treasured mainly for their beauty and not their religious significance. Still, they are considered important historical and cultural artifacts, lovingly preserved by institutions big and small

Conservation of a pre-Columbian Nazca fabric past Quinn Bradley( Book )

i edition published in 2020 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

This qualifying paper addresses the historical context, treatment decisions, and conservation of a large Pre-Columbian Peruvian Nazca woven fabric (200-400 CE). The textile is in poor/fair condition with brittle shedding fibers, visible pest damage, and some incompatible appendages and lining added to it. Information technology is approximately 5 ft x 4 ft in size. It is owned by a individual dealer in Philadelphia who purchased it with no known provenance. His desire was to inexpensively conserve the textile for resale. The primary goal of this newspaper is to develop a conservation treatment that considers the best method for the stabilization and protection of the textile while attempting to satisfy the client's need for a sale-ready textile. The starting time section of this newspaper addresses the Nazca textile'southward cultural and historical context. While there may not exist a definitive answer relating to the iconography or ritual context for this textile, various theories are explored though comparison of the textile's construction and fashion to other similar objects, including textiles and ceramics from the aforementioned expanse and time period. The second section of the paper will focus on the conservation treatment and stabilization of the fabric. The textile is in fair to poor condition. Despite the condition, its visually hitting blueprint, its historic period, and method of industry go far an of import historic object. The initial condition written report, handling proposal, and conclusions are included. A rolled/boxed storage solution is devised. The handling is assessed

There must exist something in the water : fashion, wellness, and form at Saratoga Springs, 1875-1925 by Avery Novitch( Book )

i edition published in 2020 in English language and held by 1 WorldCat fellow member library worldwide

Since the early nineteenth century Saratoga Springs, New York has been regarded equally a preeminent watering-place. While it has not remained steadfastly en faddy, Saratoga has always had a unique relationship to way. What has distinguished Saratoga from similar resort communities is the value assigned to both the leisure grade and the aspirational form. For the past two centuries, the urban center has developed a variety of institutions and cultural fixtures that garnered publicity and enormous waves of tourism. Scholars, even so, have more often than not neglected to clarify the urban center using economical and social class-based theory. Examining Saratoga and the innumerable ways that its visitors engaged in meaningful consumption reveals valuable information well-nigh the relationship between resorts, leisure, and fashion. This paper aims to provide a cultural study of Saratoga Springs, New York from 1875 to 1925. Many historians fail to explore this period, due to the misconception that the value of the urban center'south history lessened after the Civil War, equally it altered the class of domestic tourism. The commencement chapter of this paper will analyze the social scene effectually the mineral springs in relation to wellness and inconspicuous consumption. The second chapter will interrogate the relationship between Saratoga's hotel scene, the culture of the Race Form, and conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. This qualifying paper aims to analyze this prolific watering-place through the lens of Thorstein Veblen's 1899 Theory of the Leisure Grade and Elizabeth Currid-Halkett's 2017 theory of the aspirational class, and in doing so, engage in crucial discussions regarding resort culture, social and economic hierarchies, and American ideology

The leopard pattern in fashion in the twentieth century : an exhibition proposal by Paula R Bonanno( Volume )

ane edition published in 2020 in English language and held by ane WorldCat fellow member library worldwide

This paper explores the history of the leopard pattern in fashion history in the twentieth century (1900-2000) in the class of an exhibition proposal. The leopard design is considered a classic when used in gimmicky manner. Today information technology is attainable to all. The proposed exhibition will display examples of the classic blueprint used in an array of unlike materials, from natural fur, to printed fur, printed silks and knits, for garments and accessories such every bit shoes and hats. Also included are manner illustrations and photographs that reinforce the popularity of the leopard design during the twentieth century. The leopard pattern can exude an aura of elegance, but also has a sensual side that tin be expressed in mode. Actual leopard skin was an expensive, high-way luxury, before existence banned altogether in 1973. Towards the latter end of the century in that location are printed renditions that can easily be considered tasteless. In addition to garments that display the leopard pattern, the exhibition focuses attention on designers who made the pattern their specialty such as Christian Dior, Dolce and Gabbana, and Azzedine Alaïa. Also featured will be women who made the leopard pattern an chemical element of their personal style

Assay and conservation of a voided velvet furnishing fabric by Danielle Cristen Patrick Bush( Book )

one edition published in 2020 in English and held past one WorldCat member library worldwide

A voided velvet interior textile was presented to the student as a potential conservation project by the Hermitage celebrated house museum in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Bailiwick of jersey. The fabric is a forty-inch-long by 20-inch-broad voided velvet, with a scarlet silk, single length cut pile; the foundation textile is an undyed silk and cotton fiber warp-faced satin weave. The cut pile creates a design of stylized flowers bundled in an ogival field. The voided velvet was improperly stored and in very poor condition. The Hermitage had never accessioned this object and was interested in donating it to some other institution following its treatment. A consolidation treatment was conducted with full underlay and overlay. An attempt to care for rust staining with poultice gel chelators on a suction table was also conducted, with sub-optimal results. Finally, the velvet, with the underlay and overlay fabrics, was mounted to a solid support. The textile was donated to the Hermitage in 1977 past Irma A. Bloomingdale, who purchased it in Europe during the early on twentieth century. Across that, there was petty data provided past the Hermitage regarding the provenance of the velvet. Extensive assay and inquiry were conducted to determine velvet's date and origin

Mad for Mao : the stylish fantasy of Communist People's republic of china by Faith Cooper( Book )

i edition published in 2020 in English and held by i WorldCat member library worldwide

"All reactionaries are newspaper tigers. In advent, the reactionaries are terrifying, merely in reality, they are not so powerful." Alleged past quondam Chairman of the Communist Party of Mainland china and the founding father of the People'due south Republic of China, Mao Zedong (1893-1976), quotes similar this ane have been relished from young Chinese revolutionaries of the 1960sinto a revolutionary Orientalist fantasy for mode communities. Designers, like Gilbert Feruch, to radical activists in the West. Driven by a passion for propaganda, fear, and violence, Chairman Mao achieved the highest level of Chinese political leadership in 1949, while his credo, Maoism, earned him a cult of personality. Equally the Chinese celebrated Mao as the leader of their revolution, his influence unintentionally spread to Western societies. International movements would adopt the symbols of Chinese communism and Maoism to fit their personal agenda, with little regard to the famine, persecutions, and deaths occurring in China at the fourth dimension of Mao's dominion. Mania for Mao spread across European and American cities leading artists to apply Mao's portrait to create iconic works of art, while the mainstream media would depict him equally a humorous and favorable figure. Likewise as igniting a communist spirit in the people of the Western world, Mao's image developed into a revolutionary Orientalist fantasy for fashion communities. Designers, like Gilbert Feruch, Yves Saint Laurent, and Pierre Cardin welcomed the iconic "Mao look," which afterwards spread to the general public. Afterward Mao's decease in 1976, the Chinese revolutionary messages faded out of style, however, interest from fashion designers continued. Designers became attracted to the exotic and sinister imagery associated with Chinese communism. In the eyes of the Due east and the West, perhaps one can argue that Mao is one of the nigh influential leaders of the modern historic period, and considering scholars believe he was accountable for tens of millions of deaths, one of the nearly notorious

The conservation of the official flag of the Protestant Episcopal Church by Kathryn McKenzie( Book )

one edition published in 2020 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

This paper documents the history and conservation of the official flag of the Protestant Episcopal Church c. 1940. The flag is now kept in the athenaeum of The George Mercer, Jr. Memorial School of Theology on the grounds of The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden Urban center, NY. The paper describes the motivation for and process in designing and adopting the flag which represents the Protestant Episcopal Church. The flag design reflects links to the Church building of England and the Church of Scotland bringing these elements together to define an American identity within the Anglican Communion. The flag served as a prototype for the flag flown outside of Episcopal Churches nationwide and its design influenced the shield and seal design for the office of Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. This paper details the status of the flag in 2009, conservation challenges, conservation treatment, and post-treatment recommendations. Cleaning and stabilizing the flag were primal goals of the conservation treatment. The flag had paper elements which were glued to a fabric substrate and posed a particular challenge. The newspaper reveals the thought process behind removing original elements and replacing them to maintain the feel and intention of the original object

Style and the arcadian body : a quantitative analysis of fashion plates, 1800-1963 by Mai Vu( Volume )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 1 WorldCat fellow member library worldwide

Fashion dating to before the eighteenth century, is customarily studied through the analysis of paintings, sculptures, writings, and surviving garments. These sources while providing immense data on what was worn, express manner as a physical element of a larger composition. Style in this time menstruum was directly linked to the body; something that sabbatum on meridian of skin, on tiptop of muscles, on summit of bones. This newspaper explores the equivocal relationship of fashion to the figure below information technology every bit seen in way plates post-1800. What becomes of mode when it becomes free of the three-dimensional form to which it has previously been bonded? What form does it accept on when the 'real' body is no longer a factor? Most importantly, how does fashion then govern the torso that in one case controlled it? Though 'bodies' are still drawn in manner plates, the chief objective of these illustrations is to show the platonic styles of the time. The post-obit enquiry analyzes the forms of mode and its associated body equally portrayed through popular fashion periodicals from 1800 to 1963, noting the menstruum-related changes in its idealized proportions. Using a quantitative method, the forms of 730 style plates published throughout forty periodicals were dissected and measurements were taken of their diverse parts. The ratios of these various measurements were and so calculated and averaged by decade. This report is an endeavor to bear witness that style plates can be quantitatively analyzed and that their measurements can be compiled into a cohesive agreement of the fantasy that was the attraction of the fashion plate

A history of zippers, and a visual guide to dating garments using zippers by Emily Nissen( Volume )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

This paper gives an overview of the history of the attachment and of attachment manufacturers, with a focus on their utilize in the fashion manufacture later World War Ii. The first device that would somewhen exist developed into the modern zipper was patented at the closing of the nineteenth century. It entered broad public sensation equally part of an accessory, a winter boot, in 1923. From there it has been incorporated onto garments and accessories of all type and class. Zippers have many advantages for employ in dating a garment. Zippers are often imprinted with the name of their manufacturer, and sometimes with their land of manufacture. Pattern elements of zippers tin be roughly aligned to particular manufacturers and time periods. At the end of the paper is an appendix with three hundred illustrated examples of dated zippers from educational and vintage collections. This guide is not comprehensive, but is intended to be representative of what there is to find in historic clothing collections

From counterculture to mass consumption : crochet garments from 1964-1974 by Anna Muller( Book )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by one WorldCat member library worldwide

The 1960s saw major fashion innovation for women's styles. Increasingly immature people made deliberate choices to convey their stances on political, economic, and social issues through clothes. The counterculture adopted crochet along with vintage and practise-information technology-yourself styles. They formulated an individualistic way of dressing while also denouncing the excesses of the established fashion manufacture. Originally brought to the The states in 1964 by way of traveling fashionistas, the crochet swimsuit was an avenue through which some women could explore their newfound sexual liberation. This will exist further explored through the object analysis of two crochet swimsuits from the 1960s. The motivations of the wearers of crocheted swimsuits are contrasted with the differing intentions behind the cosmos of a crochet vest past a schoolteacher demonstrating that crochet garments served unlike purposes depending on the maker's intention. Crochet is intrinsically personal as the sew together cannot be replicated past machine, the connection of maker and craft was but one reason it appealed to and then many. Additionally, it was portable, cheap, and piece of cake to learn. This led to its mass market success that was accomplished by the coverage of crochet garment patterns in various popular women'south magazines and the emergence of craft encyclopedias. The versatility of the craft allowed the maker to adapt one'south crochet practice to one's personal tastes while simultaneously exuding the sentiments of a generation that was determined to change the world around them past creating something

Deaccessioning costume and textile collections : a case study at Northport Historical Order by Jessica Sachs( Book )

1 edition published in 2020 in English language and held by ane WorldCat member library worldwide

Historic societies and museums, big and modest, are facing the upshot of overcrowding within their collection storage spaces. The smaller private museums, and historic houses and societies, often take been growing without the guidance of an accession plan and at present notice themselves in the position of having a large unwieldy, unfocused collection that has run out of space. The solution should be to inventory what they hold, develop a plan denoting which objects demand to be kept in accordance with their mission, deaccession the objects not being kept, and going forward, reevaluate how they collect. This straightforward plan is sometimes too complicated for the part-time and volunteer staff commonly employed by such institutions. The procedure of deaccessioning, or removing an object from a collection, is a legal, financial, physical, and upstanding challenge. This paper examines the procedure of deaccessioning historic costumes and textiles through the lens of the Northport Historical Society's collection, with comparisons to other museum and historic house studies on the subject. The paper concludes with a fix of guidelines specific for the Northport Historical Society's drove, simply should be applicable for other historical societies in a like situation

A story of connections : Gilbert Adrian and Thomas Dorsey by Lucille Carey( Book )

i edition published in 2020 in English and held past one WorldCat member library worldwide

Costumer and fashion designer Gilbert Adrian (1903-1959) may exist best known for his distinctive suits and dramatic costumes, just a key element of his success was in his masterful construction techniques and appreciation of textiles. Adrian'southward innovative designs only testify the terminal product, and the story of these integral textile designers and artists is often untold and largely unaccredited. This paper expands upon the subject and seeks to address one such designer, Thomas Dorsey (1920-1993). The story begins with Adrian'south relationships with Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1963) and Millicent Rogers (1902-1953), which led him to accept a greater interest in the American Southwest and Native American cultures. Adrian's relationships with these two women contributed directly to his apply of Native American cloth designs by Dorsey in his Spring Summer 1948 drove. It is the but known collaboration with a Native American artist in Gilbert Adrian'southward body of work. The primary focus of this paper is Dorsey's contribution to fashion and material history examined through the lens of his work with Adrian. The paper will begin to fill a void on Dorsey's life with an emphasis on his cloth career, every bit well as substantiate Dorsey's attributions in Adrian's torso of work. Additionally, this paper volition hopefully highlight the integral, however often overlooked, role of textile designers and the importance of Native American art within the fashion industry

Fashion and politics : dress equally activist by Elisa Koizumi( Book )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held past 1 WorldCat fellow member library worldwide

In this Qualifying Newspaper, I will examine, explore, and develop theory about the apply of dress and fashion to create visual culture that actively engages with the political realm. The intention of this study is to utilize theories of fashion and dress as communication, combined with observations of this act, to help realize the part of dress as a political nugget. To do this, I volition prepare forth examples demonstrating that "manner tin exist a powerful instrument for social change. It allows the states to think about who we are as individuals and as a society." Using the backdrop of the 1960s as a starting point, I will examine the use of dress to represent and motivate a political motility, specifically the hippie move and the Blackness Panther Party. I will go on from at that place into the xx-offset century to examine the bureau of not only apparel, only also blueprint, in political activism. One of my objectives is to capture the confluence of electric current political events and fashion in recent years by looking specifically at the following movements: Black Lives Thing, The Pussyhat Project and the Women'southward March, MeToo, TimesUp, and March for our Lives. The final chapter is a review of the contemporary fashion industry's deliberate engagement with policy and politics

Fabric weather : fashion in the bitstream by Mindy Meissen( Volume )

ane edition published in 2020 in English and held past i WorldCat member library worldwide

Through an exploration of the history of style and computing and its materiality in software and hardware, this paper argues that fashion has been profoundly altered by the digital surroundings. Computing and networks serve every bit creative tools, aesthetic inspirations, and sites of retentivity through which fashion is expansively recorded, disseminated, and shared. Multiple facets of the mode manufacture are examined, from textile and apparel production, design and communication, to cultural techniques and personal style. Beginning during the Industrial Revolution in the mid-nineteenth century, the history moves into the twentieth century with computing'south trajectories in apparel: automation in product; the retail industry's utilize of early computers; and the evolution of reckoner labor as it moved from transmission ciphering to electronic devices. Practices enabled by the personal estimator in the 1980s are explored, in which unprecedented intimacy and interactivity afforded creativity in computer-aided pattern and style communication. In the mid-1990s, the instantaneous connection of net culture and online virtual display uniquely affected clothing and identity. The inquiry argues that fashion'south being in the digital environment has fundamentally changed its materiality. Often rendered with software prior to its creation in textiles, garments may be reproduced instantaneously in emailed file attachments or shared as working files and digitized designs, downloaded copies, or posts on social media. The newspaper explores the materiality of fashion in the digital age, showing that computing environments--and their changing specifications over time--have profound implications for how fashion is remembered and preserved, in archival practices and in cultural retentivity

The digital dawn : introducing computer-aided blueprint to woven textiles, 1966-2000 past Patrice Freeburger George( Book )

1 edition published in 2020 in English and held by ane WorldCat member library worldwide

This paper has been inspired past the fact that, to date, the pioneering computer scientists, engineers, designers, and manufacturers who developed the blueprint technology we take for granted today are, for the most function, anonymous. Historians, archivists, curators, and others who research blueprint and industrial history should be able to recognize why woven textiles in the market, from haute couture fashion to kitchen towels, have more various pattern, and affordable options than textiles 50 or more than years ago. The intention of this essay is to identify pregnant contributors and events that have led to the woven cloth manufacture's conversion to computer-assisted design and manufacturing. Existing sources well-nigh how the new engineering was marketed, or that list the incremental developments to accept figurer-aided design in woven textiles, are scarce. Research material for this study includes my personal collection of books, journals, trade fair literature, briefing proceedings, photographs, and textiles collected during the transitional period of mid 1970'south to mid-1990'south. Personal experience equally a woven material designer, and design educator. a primary source for this paper will also be referenced

Fashion equally medium : clothing in contemporary art past Jade Bürger MacNee( Book )

i edition published in 2020 in English and held past one WorldCat member library worldwide

Clothing articles are used each day more by contemporary artists. They utilize fashion related theories to establish in their artworks messages about political, economic and social issues. Through the analysis of artworks from two contemporary artists, Ai Weiwei and Doris Salcedo, an understanding of why they used the clothing in their work volition be exposed in this paper. After examining selected pieces from Ai Weiwei that were inspired by clothing, the installation Laundromat (2016) will be dissected. In this artwork the associations to fashion go articulate. Even though the installation is composed of clothing from everyday life, it is mode not dress, that the creative person exhibits here. This volition exist demonstrated through his idea of how the style consumption disregards clothing functionality and exposes visual signifiers of social hierarchy and cultural groundwork. Doris Salcedo provides the viewer with an aesthetic based on the material culture of her country. Her will to expose trauma and retention is rooted in wear and textiles in many of her artworks. In Atrabiliarios (1992-2004), her position to reveal the identity of the people that disappeared in mass graves goes through the spectrum of shoes found in corpses. Thus, she connects these articles to the structure of a mode identity related to an individual's taste while also giving them the opportunity to recount the time of the death through the visual context of a specific moment in style history. This paper will cease with an analysis on the importance of having in museum and academy collections clothing from everyday life. Today, fashion has spread to many different fields of study and information technology is imperative that institutions view these items with the same respect as they come across haute couture. The importance given by contemporary artists to fashion will serve as the point of departure to question curatorial approaches that undermine the value of everyday fashion

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