Donelle Wedderburn speaks with curator Melissa Marra-Alvarez about her 2019 exhibition, Minimalism/Maximalism at the Museum at FIT.
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Appropriate[d] Dress Syllabus
This multimedia syllabus was as a resource following the exhibition, Appropriate[d] Dress: Native American [Mis]representation In Fashion & Culture researched and curated by students in FASH 383: The Fabric of Cultures at Columbia College Chicago (November 19-December 10, 2019).
Cinderella Syndrome: Curating an Exhibition about High Heels
Returning from a fashionable SoHo party two years ago, wearing the highest pair of stiletto heels I owned, I rushed out, anxious to get home and take those things off. Outside, as I ran to hail a cab, I found myself in the midst of an impressive acrobatic flip. I was left kneeling on the sidewalk with a broken Miu Miu heel and countless questions.
Notes from the Field: The Underpinnings Museum
I’m not sure why I signed up for the introduction to the London College of Fashion Archives, but I’ll never forget the feeling of walking into that seminar room and seeing a trolley full of archival boxes with some of their contents already carefully laid out on Tyvek-covered tables.