by Obie Linn, Textile Conservator

3/30/2023

CAMConservation, textile conservation, pink dress

Treatment is complete for this 1920s silk chiffon and velvet dress which showed loss in several places, including the right shoulder.

by Obie Linn, Associate Conservator of Textiles

2/2/2023

conservation, CAMConservation, behind the scenes, objects conservation, Kehinde Wiley, vintage dress

Getting beautiful objects on display is a multi-stage process that often includes a stop (or several!) in Conservation. This week we installed some new objects in the Forecourt Gallery of the museum, including this child’s dress.

by Conservation

3/17/2022

CAMConservation, conservation, textile conservation, textiles, 1960s Fashion, poster dresses, paper dresses

The Fashion and Textile Collection has a new gift! And it’s part of a set!

by Conservation

5/6/2021

CAMConservation, textile conservation, textiles, Fashion Arts & Textiles, Sybil Connelly, dress

This dress is up for consideration to get into a different kind of exclusive party: the museum’s Fashion and Textiles Collection.

by Cynthia Amnéus, Chief Curator and Curator of Fashion Arts and Textiles

11/2/2020

behind the scenes, Ann Lowe, African American Fashion Designer, curatorial, dress, belt, fashion

Born in Clayton, Alabama in 1898, Ann Lowe was an African American fashion designer, but few know her name.

by Conservation

6/4/2020

conservation, behind the scenes, evening dress, textile conservation, silk dress

It’s working! In the textile conservation lab this week, our textile conservator has been working on preparing this silk dress for an upcoming exhibition.

by Conservation

3/12/2020

in pretty finery, textile conservation, historic dress, dunlevy, behind the scenes

Check out this behind the scenes look from our conservators.

by Conservation

1/16/2020

textile conservation, Comme des Garcons, behind the scenes, conservation, fashion, textiles, recent acquisitions, new at cam, jacket, dress, tank top, clothing

In a few weeks, we are installing some recent acquisitions from CAM’s fashion collection in Gallery 150.

by Curatorial

7/7/2017

curatorial, fashion, dress, exhibition design, clothing

Posted by: Curatorial

by Conservation

6/29/2017

behind the scenes, conservation, textile conservation, fabric, dress

Posted by: Conservation