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! Special Dior Event !

March 10, 2018 by Gayle Strege

Save the date!

April 21, 2018, renowned Dior expert, Florence Muller will share her experiences putting together the 70 year anniversary retrospective exhibition, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, which opened at the Decorative Arts Museum in Paris last year.

see invitation flyer

Ms Muller is a fashion historian and curator who has created over 100 exhibitions around the world, several of them with Dior as the subject matter. Recent fashion exhibitions include: Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style in 2017 at Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, and Shock Wave: Japanese Fashion designers 1980s-90s at the Denver Art Museum in 2016.

Since 2015, Ms Muller has been the Avenir Foundation Curator of Textile Art, Curator of Fashion at the Denver Art Museum. Before coming to the U.S. Ms Muller was Director and Curator of l’Union Française des Arts du Costume at the Musée des Arts de la Mode/UCAD, Paris. In Paris, she was also a professor in the Culture of Fashion program at the French Institute of Fashion. Between 2006 and 2015 she taught Luxury and Fashion theory at AMP, the Advanced Management Program in Fashion & Luxury, at the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University in Beijing. In France and Europe, she consulted for numerous various luxury brands and haute couture houses. She has published more than 30 books on the history of fashion.

Where: Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Avenue, Room 200

When: Saturday April 21, 2018 talk from 12-1pm followed by a small reception from 1-2pm in the Columbia Gas Student and Alumni Lounge (Room 281)

Parking available in the Neil Ave Garage behind Campbell Hall

Sponsored by the Friends of the Historic Costume & Textiles Collection

RSVP to historiccostume@osu.edu or 614-292-3090

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America’s Love Affair with the White Wedding 1945-2005

February 18, 2015 by Gayle Strege

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 Katherine Jellison, PhD

Author of

It’s Our Day: America’s Love Affair with the White Wedding 1945–2005

Please join us for an informative evening with Dr. Katherine Jellison, professor of history at Ohio University, who will share her research into the development of wedding culture in post-war America. Dr. Jellison examines key influences that have sustained this culture for over 60 years; including the bridal wear industry, celebrity weddings, movie wed- dings and more.

This lecture is given in conjunction with our current exhibition, “And the Bride Wore…Part II.” Light refreshments will be provided as well as the opportunity to tour the exhibition with Gayle Strege, curator.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 6-8:30pm

Reception 6-8:00pm Columbia Gas Student and Alumni Center Lecture at 7:00pm Room 252

Campbell Hall (2nd Floor) 1787 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH

FREE and open to the public

Please RSVP to 292-3090 or osuhctc@osu.edu

Sponsored by the Friends of the Historic Costume & Textiles Collection

PDF of Event Flyer

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Fall 2014 Exhibition

August 4, 2014 by Marlise Schoeny

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And the Bride Wore…

9/17/2014-5/9/2015

And the Bride wore… is the title of our next exhibition offering, opening September 17th with a Friends preview, of course. The exhibition will have two installations, one during Fall semester, and the second in Spring semester so we can maximize the number of dresses to display in our upper gallery space. In addition, the Global Gallery @ OSU student retail store is planning a Fair Trade wedding boutique in the lower gallery space to accompany our exhibition.

The exhibition is organized around several themes, instead of being a strict timeline of wedding gown fashions, but will still feature dresses from the 1880s through the end of the 20th century and possibly into the 21st. All have interesting stories which accompany them. The themes include, “Something Old” and “Something New” which are pretty self-explanatory, “Something Borrowed”—a dress borrowed or re-cycled from a previous bride, “Something Blue”—a non-white wedding gown, “Generations”—more than one generation of brides in a family, “War Brides”—dresses worn around various war times, and “Local Interest”—dresses with stories and connections local to Columbus and Ohio. Each installation will feature 15-16 gowns and all thematic areas.

Tuesday–Thursday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Fridays 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Saturdays 12–4 p.m.

 

Please contact us if you have questions about our exhibitions and programs.

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The Historic Costume & Textiles Collection is a scholarly and artistic resource of apparel and textile material culture. The 11,500+ holdings encompass a range of three dimensional objects such as textiles and articles of clothing and accessories for men, women, and children, including national dress costume, from the mid-18th century to contemporary 21st century designers.

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