Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Barbara Köstner is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Bonn in the Department of Christian Archaeology. 

Berta Pavlov is Professor at the Center for Arts, Design & Information Technology at George Brown College, teaching in both the Undergraduate and Graduate programs.

Iris van Herpen Aeriform Collection || Dome Dress

Alexandra Palmer interviews Marlene Mock, who donated two Martin Margiela pieces to the ROM's "BIG" textiles exhibit.

Alexandra Palmer interviews Lonti Ebers, who donated an Alexander McQueen dress to the ROM's "BIG" textiles exhibit.

Learning from Dorothy K. Burnham: Hand-woven Canadian Coverlets with Dr. Adrienne Hood, Episode 1

The United Empire Loyalist British Tradition: Summer & Winter Coverlet.

The German Tradition: Samuel Fry Coverlet

The French Tradition: Quebec

Innu and Cree Coats with Dr. Trudy Nicks

Indigenous-Settler Textile Exchanges with Dr. Ruth Phillips

Cut My Cote with John E. Vollmer, Episode 1
 

Cut My Cote with John E. Vollmer, Episode 2
 

Explore the brilliance behind Christian Dior’s dramatic creations that revived the Paris haute couture industry after the devastation of the Second World War in ROM’s original exhibition, Christian Dior, presented by Holt Renfrew.

Research for Christian Dior, an original exhibition featuring the ROM’s collection of Dior haute couture, 1947-1957, involved in-depth analyses of the brilliant designer’s complex processes and techniques. 

Elaine Roebuck recounts the story of wearing a House of Christian Dior custom made dress at the age of 12 for her Bat Mitzvah in Toronto in 1957.

Dr. Alexandra Palmer, Senior Curator, Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Curatorship opens a package from Dior. Inside is a stunning couture dress commissioned by the ROM. 

Drawn largely from the extensive fashion and textile collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, the exhibition includes exquisite gowns and smart daytime apparel, perfumes, and accessories – all from the first ten years of the House of Dior (1947–1957), when Christian Dior himself designed the pieces.

View more information about Christian Dior at the National Silk Museum China.

Research for Christian Dior, an original exhibition featuring the ROM’s collection of Dior haute couture, 1947-1957, involved in-depth analyses of the brilliant designer’s complex processes and techniques.