The following Material Mode post is by Julie Sandy Boyle; previously the archivist/librarian at the New York School of Interior Design, Julie joined SPARC’s team in April 2025. With a decade of experience in scenic and prop design, as well as her background in architecture, […]
Author: Samantha Levin
Dark Subculture in the FIT Archive
Fashion and culture are closely connected. What we wear tells others where we come from, what we believe in, and how we’re feeling. Our clothes can help us stand out or fit in, express ourselves differently or follow the crowd. Clothing worn by members of […]
The Fashion Illustrations of Harriet Meserole
Active from 1915 through the 1950s, illustrator Harriet Meserole is best remembered for her Vogue covers produced during the interwar years, though her career extended across a wide range of publications and commercial formats. She enjoyed a successful freelance practice during a period of profound […]
Douglas Says it All – Preserving the Legacy of Designer, Douglas Says
SPARC is pleased to bring you a guest post by scholar and FIT Fashion and Textiles Studies Master’s program student, Andy Salzer. Andy holds a BFA in Fashion Design with an Art History minor from FIT. During their studies, they spent one year at Polimoda […]
The Redfern Scrapbook: A Process-Based Provenance Report
SPARC is pleased to bring you a guest post by Addie Joseph who was a Special Collections volunteer over the Summer of 2025. Addie spent the summer of 2025 in SPARC assisting with a major reorganization of our rare book library, and took on this […]
Paris to New York – Fashion Piracy from the Early Twentieth Century
SPARC is excited to bring you a guest post from fashion scholar Cora Harrington. Cora has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Agnes Scott College. In her former career, she was an intimate apparel expert and author of In Intimate Detail: How […]