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FASHION HISTORY MUSEUM
Curator's Blog
While conducting research, FHM Curator & Director, Jonathan Walford, often runs across interesting fashion-related stories and shares them through this blog.
Jonathan Walford
Sep 5, 2022
Zipping Down History
Most inventions are not the creation of one person’s idea and development, but rather the result of many individual’s improvements on...
Jonathan Walford
Aug 1, 2022
Myth Information - The First Miniskirt
So, it turns out that the miniskirt wasn't ‘invented’ by Mary Quant, or Andres Courreges, or John Bates, or Rudi Gernreich, or Marimekko…...
Jonathan Walford
Jul 5, 2022
Drawing Conclusions about Fashion History
Fashion lies. Artistic renderings exaggerate sizes and details, like this illustration of a pair of shoes by Newton Elkin for the label...
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