By Julia Brennan and Kaitlyn Munro Recently I met my lovely friend Claire Chen, who was wearing a gossamer tulle skirt, which fluttered around her like a butterfly. It was enchanting, so was she, and my curiosity about tulle was stirred. I started noticing the tulle explosion everywhere …… in the fashion magazines Chanel, Dior, Mango, […]
Great and Good Friends: March 21 – June 18, 2018
New Exhibit Features Julia’s Restoration Work Great and Good Friends: 200 Years of U.S.-Thai Friendship Julia has been working both in the US and Thailand as the textile conservator on an exhibit called Great and Good Friends: Historic Gifts between Thailand and the United States, 1818-2018 that opens soon at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, […]
Rite of Passage: Preparing textiles for storage
by Lauren Klamm Padded, stuffed, tied down, encased, or rolled, much time and energy is spent on devising the best way to keep beloved garments and artifacts safe for the next generation. Particularly in museums, objects will live most of their lives in storage, so proper packing directly prolongs the life of any artifact. In […]
No Thread Left Behind
Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse: A New Exhibit at the Textile Museum By Lauren Klamm Before you throw out those old bits of fabrics, torn shirts or worn out blankets, take a trip to Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse (now through January 7, 2018) the new exhibit at the Textile Museum at George […]
Gloriously Blessing the Baby…and Restoring the Glory to the Gown
Over the years we have cleaned, conserved, and repaired hundreds of historic christening dresses. Each one is different, short or long, tiered or sheer, embroidered or laced, pleated or smocked – each with its own family stories. Most have very yellowed ‘bib’ areas from sweet milky spittle, and often a host of rips and tears…..it […]
The (Good) Eyes Have It
Good eyesight is one thing, but enhanced stereoscopic vision? That’s sharp! New visual neuroscience research from the University of California, Berkeley supports one thing that Julia already knew: good eyesight is an asset in working with textiles, practically a pre-requisite for the job. But, as this recently released data reveals, dressmakers and those, like Julia, who work […]
Field Trip: Williamsburg, Virginia
We visit “Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and the Home” By Kaitlyn Munro Lauren and I recently returned from a fabulous trip to Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia) to attend the symposium, Printed Fashions: Textiles for Clothing and the Home. We were honored to present a paper “Burn Out”, about a range of conservation techniques for stabilizing […]
In Fond Memory of Olive B. Graffam
Olive B. Graffam, Curator of Collections, Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Museum It is rare and wonderful to work with the same client for nearly 20 years…and over this time a treasured relationship developed; tender, deeply thoughtful, and professional. We got to know each other’s families, and grandchildren by name, and shared our challenges […]
My thoughts were of my loved ones
A Personal Account of one soldier’s WWI Experience By Lauren Klamm April 6 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of America’s entrance into World War I. As men made their way from their homes in the US to the trenches of Europe, soldiers and their loved ones in the States sent keepsakes and saved memorabilia, commemorating […]
How to wash your Kimono 101
The tradition of the Araihari Shop By Kaitlyn Munro I recently travelled to Tokyo to visit family, and naturally found myself surrounded by beautiful textiles and traditions. One of my favorite museums was The Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum, that tells the story of Tokyo during the Edo Period, 1603-present day. In the permanent exhibit, you can […]
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