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Camp is as camp does: Met Gala 2019

by Beth Posted on May 9, 2019

    Choosing “Camp” (*! see below) as the theme of the 2019 Met Gala was itself as camp as an event theme can get. Media celebrity coverage has already taken the once-blandly elegant party for New York society to … Continue reading →

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Read Threads: Fashion sources for 14th century Europe

by Beth Posted on April 11, 2019

  Hi, all! Welcome to a new series. My passion is fashion history before 1700, so I thought it would be fun to write a series on both good and bad fashion history sources. These posts expand upon the FIT … Continue reading →

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