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The essence of fashion is not just in the description of the prevailing style of clothing and appearance in a specific place or time, but particularly in the swinging pendulum of an ever-changing system. The garments and accessories presented in this exhibit are evidence of the constant change of fashion in the Twentieth century. Fashion evolves in response to changes in prevailing cultural and social ideas as evident in the timeline presented here moving from the constricting silhouette of the early 1900s which in all its splendor, reflects the presence of women that were often perceived as decorative figures requiring very little movement to the woman of the end of the Twentieth century, whom, following postmodern trends can wear a feminine dress matched with a pair of active trendy boots. Fashion reflects social change and society in turn is influenced by the images by
This exhibition was curated by students in the Department of Textile, Merchandising and Interiors’ Fall 2007 course: "Museum Issues in Historic Clothing and Textiles" and signals an important collaboration between the Georgia Museum of Art and an academic unit. The course provided the students with an overview of issues concerning the preservation, cataloging, registration, storage, and display of historic clothing and textiles in a museum and granted them with the opportunity of deciding every aspect of the exhibit from object selection to preparation of educational materials. The exhibit featured a selection of garments and accessories from the Historic Costume Collection at the University of Georgia's Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, a unit of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Student Curators: Jenny Lind Bryant, Lauren Conrad, Tess Giles, Jennifer Lindsey Goodson, Brittany Gorton, Jean Harrison, Kathleen Herrington, Kala Huling, Alexandra Johnston, Angelica Mann, Cassandra Rayburn, Jenn Regan, Beth Weigle.
Course Instructor: José Blanco F.
GMOA In-House Coordinator: Ashley Callahan
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