The only thing I've seen is a packet of postcards. Nice, but not much use. Monica
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 10:45 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] New York garment district Is there a printed exhibit catalog? Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns www.lavoltapress.com On 1/15/2015 7:31 PM, Monica Spence wrote: > The Met has an awesome show called "Death Becomes Her" Mourning > clothes from 1800-1915or so. One of Queen Victoria's gowns is on > display, and two from Alexandra, Edward's wife. You should not miss > it. It is in the costume institute, below the Egyptian Exhibit. > I believe the show runs until February. > > Monica > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] > On Behalf Of Brenda Bell > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:11 AM > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: [h-cost] New York garment district > > At Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:27:11 -0800, humbugfo...@att.net wrote: > >> Also, I've checked the Met and FITM for costume exhibits and there >> doesn't seem to be anything particularly exciting on their schedules. >> Can anyone suggest any other museums or exhibitions that would have >> (historical) costumes on display? > I'd check the People Center at the American Museum of Natural History > for costumes of indigenous peoples. I might also check the Museum of > the City of New York, the New York Historical Society, the Museum of > Folk Art, and the American Crafts Museum to see if there will be any > interesting exhibits. You might also check to see if you can do some > specific study at the Met's Costume Institute, if there's something particular you wish to research. > > > Brenda F. Bell > webwar...@earthlink.net > > Support me in riding the 2015 Tour de Cure to Stop Diabetes! > http://main.diabetes.org/goto/tmana > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
