Full DescriptionThe University of Virginia Collection of Historic Dress |
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| Collection Information | |
| Title: | The University of Virginia Collection of Historic Dress |
| Alternate Title: | The Collection of Historic Dress |
| URL: |
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~dress/ 
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| Description: |
This collection, housed in the Department of Drama's Costume Department, is one of the greatest resources we have for the education and training of costume designers and technologists. After years of service to both the academic and the production programs, The Collection was officially established in March of 1999 in an attempt to preserve the collection for future generations of costume students and historians. The collection is dedicated to Lois Garren who, as faculty designer in the early 1970s, began selecting garments donated to the costume department to be preserved for study rather than being used onstage in production. The collection contains over 1,000 garments dating from as early as 1790, and made predominately for American women, although there are examples of men's, children's, and eastern dress as well. The digital images result from students who, nearly every semester choose garments from the collection to study, photograph, document, and digitize. Currently, students have focused almost exclusively on evening dresses of the 30s and 40s. The focus will broaden as the project expands. |
| GEM Subjects: | |
| DLF-specific Subjects: | American Culture |
| Geographic Coverage: | North America (continent) |
| Time Period: |
Middle 20th Century (1934-1967) Modern (1701-present) |
| Objects Represented: | Physical artifacts |
| Format: |
image/jpeg text/html |
| Interaction with Collection: | Browse |
| Frequency of additions: | Irregularly |
| This Record Last Updated By: | khage@umich.edu |
| This Record Last Updated On: | 12/11/2007 2:02:53 PM |
| Hosting Institution: | University of Virginia |
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| Notes: | Garren Collection of Historic Dress, Department of Drama, the University of Virginia |
| Projects Associated with Digital Collection | |
| There are no Projects associated with this collection. | |