Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons

Object Lessons reveals the ephemeral and physical social and cultural histories of objects in the museum’s collection of global textiles and fashions through interviews with makers, donors and historians.

Black and white portrait of Veronica Gervers

Bottom of sock

Detail of man’s banyan (informal gown).

Black and white photo of Dorothy Burnham mounting a costume in the museum.

The Dome dress by Iris VanHerpen.

Label of Dior dress.

Purple tie.

Vest made of neutral colour zippers.

Black lace dress on mount

Cover of Vogue Portgual; a man and woman kissing while wearing face masks.

Keep Me Warm One Night, book cover

Detail of black and white woven coverlet.

Detail of woven coverlet in red and blue.

Detail of woven coverlet in neutral colours.

Detail of woven jacket.

Striped fabric.

Woven baby top.

Floral patterned top.

 

Christian Dior and ROM

Dior dress on black background

Installation of the Dior exhibitions at the ROM.

Recreating a Dior dress at the design exchange.

Family Portrait dressed in formal gowns.

Woman speaking on stage

Unboxing a Dior dress in the textiles lab at the ROM.

Dior dresses on display in museum space.

Dior jacket on black background.

Recreating a Dior dress at the design exchange.

 

Exhibitions

Jacket

Star Wars gowns from Rodarte

Pictorial sarape of man an woman on horseback (Pictorial sarape).

Leather jacket designed by IZAdaptive.

Recent Publications

YearPublications

Authored by: Cheryl Fraser