Fashion is My Muse

"Your frocks cannot hang perfectly unless your lingerie is cut to fit you perfectly underneath. Lovely lingerie is the basis for good ...

From London to Chicago.... it feels like a whirlwind. This weekend, I will be attending the Costume Society of America Mid-west conference i...

CN Tower Jumpsuit, c.1970s Ryerson Fashion Research Collection FRC2013.99.003 As you may know, I am the Acting Curator/Collecti...

18th Century Gowns in Store from the Museum of Costume in Bath When I visit an exhibition of fashion in the museum, I am often tempted t...

Oyster Dress Alexander McQueen, Savage Beauty Photo by Solve Sunsbo Studio courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art I recently w...

Other than the rollout of Fashion Weeks around the world, there is a long list of fashion-related events and exhibitions on the calendar for...

Cover Vogue, Inccorpoating Vanity Fair August 15, 1937 Fashion magazines have used the back to school theme as inspiration for their Aug...

Sleeveless dress with Matching Cropped Jacket Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, c.1963, FRC1986.01.01 A+B I think this dress and jacket...

Portrait of Ai Weiwei, Courtesy of the Art Gallery of Ontario  Ai Weiwei is an artist unlike any other of our time, crafting transgress...

Cover of Astor Place Vintage Paperback Within a few pages of beginning to read the novel  Astor Place Vintage , I was captivated and una...

Art Gallery of Ontario  As I review my upcoming talk at the Art Gallery of Ontario this afternoon for the Discursive Spaces Conferen...

Cover of the Costume Journal, Issue 43, Number 1 Art Directed by Marta Kowcun, Photo by Lawrence Cortes, Dress by Some Kong, Model Mikael...