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From Bernard Rudofsky’s 1944 exhibition “Are Clothes Modern?” by Items: Is Fashion Modern?

One thing is clear: it is impossible to imagine a design history without fashion. The list of garments, footwear, and accessories truly exploded once our research team (myself, cura…

From Bernard Rudofsky’s 1944 exhibition “Are Clothes Modern?” by Items: Is Fashion Modern?

Rudofsky’s intention was to interrogate the relationship between people and their clothing in his contemporary moment, assessing what worked across cultures and what needed to change along with the pace of modernity (who needed over 20 pockets when telecommunications and technology were on the rise, really?) While…

From Bernard Rudofsky’s 1944 exhibition “Are Clothes Modern?” by Items: Is Fashion Modern?

In keeping with the gist of our collection, which privileges objects over designers, I added to the list items that came to …