“Everyone who wears clothing is part of the global fashion system, yet production processes are often hidden from consumers. The environmental and labor issues associated with “fast fashion” can be traced back to the rise of mass-produced clothing in the 1800s, making this concept far from new. This exhibition tells the story of how clothing became cheaper, faster to make, and easier to care for, while uncovering who ultimately pays the cost for the conveniences of fast fashion. It traces America’s transition from a nation of producers to one of consumers while exploring the social, economic, and political systems that impact consumption practices.”

Press Interview

“Music history in Georgia is the story of people searching for belonging and finding connections with each other and the world around them. This exhibit explores some of the genres, spaces, and performers that have helped to define music in the state over time.”

Press Interview

Counter-Couture: Handmade Fashion in an American Counterculture

Mannequin Preparer and Dresser

Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY)

March 2 - August 20, 2017

“Counter-Couture exhibits garments, jewelry, and accessories by American makers who crafted the very reality that they craved, on the margins of society and yet at the center of an epochal shift. The works on display encompass the ethos of members of a generation who fought for change by sewing, embroidering, quilting, patch-working, and tie-dyeing their identity. Putting the handmade at the center of their daily revolution, they embraced and contributed to establishing a craft and folk sensibility in a seminal moment for the development of American Craft.”

Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men

Mannequin Preparer and Dresser

The Museum of the Moving Image

March 14 - September 6, 2015

From MoMI: “This new major exhibition explores the creative process behind Mad Men, one of the most acclaimed television series of all time, now launching its final seven episodes on AMC. Featuring large-scale sets including Don Draper’s office and the kitchen from the Draper’s Ossining home, more than 25 iconic costumes, props, video clips, advertising art, and personal notes and research material from series creator Matthew Weiner, the exhibition offers unique insight into the series’ origins, and how its exceptional storytelling and remarkable attention to period detail resulted in a vivid portrait of an era and the characters who lived through it.” […]

Fashioning the Body: An Intimate History of the Silhouette

Mannequin Preparer and Dresser

The Bard Graduate Center Gallery

April 3 - July 26, 2015

From BGC: “Having garnered high acclaim at the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris in 2013, the exhibition Fashioning the Body will present the many devices and materials that women and men have used to shape their silhouettes from the seventeenth century to today, including panniers, corsets, crinolines, bustles, stomach belts, girdles, and push-up brassieres, alongside examples of period garments that were molded by these distinctive understructures.  The exhibition will also look at how lacing, hinges, straps, springs, and stretch fabrics have been used to alter natural body forms.” […]

From Parsons: “Making/Meaning showcases the creative and intellectual achievements of Parsons students as it asks questions about how we make meaning as artists, designers, and strategists. The projects featured in this exhibition were selected from an open call that received more than five hundred and sixty submissions from students across the undergraduate and associate’s degree programs at Parsons. They represent the diversity of techniques and methodology that are taught to and used by students to articulate and express their unique viewpoints.” […]

Designing the Second Skin: Giorgio di Sant’Angelo 1971-1991

Co-curator

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

December 4 - 14, 2012

From Parsons MA Fashion Studies blog: “As Giorgio di Sant’Angelo famously asserted in the 1970s, the body was to be the guide to the designed silhouette. Rather than a garment altering the shape of the body, the body was celebrated and glorified through Sant’Angelo’s work.  Avoiding any type of zipper and or button was his specialty, evoking an incredible sense of freedom for women.  Playing with texture, transparency, and newly discovered fabric technology, Sant’Angelo examined the relationship between exposure and concealment.  This exhibition emphasizes clothing’s intimate connection with the body—the idea of creating a second skin through fashion.  A highlight from the exhibition is a nude sequined jumpsuit worn by Naomi Campbell and featured in an editorial shoot for Harper’s Bazaar in 1991.” […]

From UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences: “An exhibit featuring items from UGA’s Historic Clothing and Textiles Collection housed at the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors will explore ready-to-wear creations by celebrated fashion designers. The show will include pieces ranging from a 1930s Mariano Fortuny “Delphos Gown” to a 1970s Halston dress and Frankie Welch’s “Peanut Dress,” a souvenir print created to celebrate Jimmy Carter’s presidential inauguration. Other designers represented in the exhibit include Claire McCardell, Lily Pulitzer, Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta, Pauline Trigere, and Mary McFadden.” […]