Episode 17 : Today I chat with Dr. Kirsten Jensen, Ph.D. of the Michener Art Museum, in Pennsylvania about the Philadelphia In Style exhibition. We talk all about how fashion, as well as accessibility to fashion has evolved through the years.
Hook & Knowles (England, 1850–c.1930s), Shoes, c. 1918, Polychrome silk brocade with silver kid, crystal, and metal,Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, Drexel
University, Gift of Mrs. Upton Sullivan, Photo by Michael J.Shepherd
Richard Tam (American, 1941-1990),Dress (detail), c. 1968, Silk Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, Drexel University, Gift of Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Purchased at NanDuskin. Photo by Michael J. Shepherd
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Tribout Shop, John Wanamaker, Hat, c. 1960, Wool, silk, Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, Drexel University, Anonymous donor. Photo by Michael J. Shepherd
All images used with permission.