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Fashion Designers
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Fashion Center, New York City 
 This organization was formed to promote "New York City's apparel industry and to improve the quality of life and economic vitality of Manhattan's garment district." The site features a map and a database that provides information about providers of fabrics, trimmings, and notions. Also includes information about the Fashion Walk of Fame, which honors current and historical designers with plaques installed along Seventh Avenue. Includes links to related industry sites. http://www.fashioncenter.com Topics: Finance, Industries, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Schiaparelli
Brief background about designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Includes images of her clothing designs inspired by Surrealist art and of perfume bottles. From a company that has licensed the Schiaparelli name and sells Schiaparelli products. http://www.schiaparelli.com/ Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Sep 5, 2007 Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli
This "exhibition celebrates the extraordinary creativity of the Italian-born designer, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) who, together with Coco Chanel, dominated fashion between the two world wars." The site includes images of women's fashions by this surrealist-inspired designer, conservation information, Schiaparelli's "Twelve Commandments for Women," and activities for children. From the Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.philamuseum.org/micro_sites/exhibitions/schiaparelli/home.htm Topics: Fashion, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Aug 29, 2007 Textiles & Apparel: Cornell Costume Collection
Website of the Department of Textiles and Apparel at Cornell University, "which includes more than 9,000 items of apparel dating from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as a substantial collection of ethnographic textiles and costume." Contains a gallery of selected items, and a catalog of the collection (note: "for full functionality ... [the catalog] must be viewed in Internet Explorer"). http://costume.cornell.edu/ Topics: Fashion, History, Holidays & Observances, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Dec 31, 2005 |
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