In September 2024, the Spanish capital will welcome a unique international event entitled “Vestir a la francesa o a la española”, or ‘dressing like the French and Spanish’. It is a conference organised by the University of Navarra, home of the ISEM Fashion Business School, the Costume Museum and the Association of Friends of the Costume Museum,...
13 Jun 2024
Premium lifestyle retailer Guess has launched “A Fourth Decade of Guess Images” today, a 252-paged coffee table book that chronicles the brand's rise to international fame. The fourth edition of a series of collectible books by Guess, it traces the history of the four brothers who founded the now global brand with the launch of the 3-Zip Marilyn...
20 Nov 2023
In this episode, Gucci Podcast has welcomed Vogue archive editor Laird Borrelli-Persson. Borelli-Persson discussed the unique perspective her job gives her on fashion history, and the continuing influence of the past on the present. Listen to the podcast below. Source: Gucci Podcast via Spotify Photo credit: Gucci, Facebook
29 Oct 2021
In part one of two the podcast "Fashion History with American Duchess, the host of this episode spends some time time talking about Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald - the husband and wife artist power couple at the turn of the 20th century, the Glasgow School of Art, and just the concept behind artistic & aesthetic dress. Source:...
21 Apr 2020
Power Mode: The Force of Fashion, the new exhibit at the Museum at FIT heralds fashion’s warrior spirit to launch us into a year of a contentious reelection campaign, on the cusp of a new decade in which confronting the enemy of climate change will be the significant battle. Fashion can prepare each of us for our own personal daily reckonings...
20 Dec 2019
Fashion historian Raissa Bretaña fact checks the historical accuracy of the costumes in Disney's Snow White and The Seven Dwarves. She analyzes the dresses of Snow White and The Evil Queen, and explains every layer of historical dress from German 16th century women and royalty, from undergarments and busks to the their shoes and jewelry. Source:...
29 Jul 2019
Zoe Hong takes a look at fashion during the first 20 years of the 20th century. Source: Zoe Hong, YouTube.
22 Jul 2019
