FASHION HISTORY MUSEUM
IN THE NEWS
February 11, 2024
The Fashion History Museum in Cambridge, Ont. is asking the city, who owns its building, to forgive their debt, as the non-profit brings in tourism dollars.
February 6, 2024
FHM curatorial director, Jonathan Walford, and Rachel Behling (Community Outreach & Programming) present to Cambridge City Council. Watch the full presentation or read the transcript.
March 22, 2023
The Fashion History Museum in Hespeler reopened last week with a new exhibit featuring outfits made famous by actor, singer, and style icon, Cher.
November 25, 2021
As the only fashion history museum in Canada, FHM is set to reopen on Dec. 1 since closing its doors due to the pandemic almost two years ago.
October 6, 2021
FROCK ON! RADIO INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN BOURKE
As the only fashion history museum in Canada, FHM is set to reopen on Dec. 1 since closing its doors due to the pandemic almost two years ago.
570 News FM
August 4, 2021
FHM director and curator, Jonathan Walford, is interviewed and quoted by author, Isabel Stone.
June 10, 2021
FHM director and curator, Jonathan Walford, is interviewed about "fashion rules" and quoted by author, Isabel Stone.
January 31, 2021
“Fashion stood nearly still from the fall of 1918 to the fall of 1920 with almost no changes in silhouette or novelty,” says Jonathan Walford, curatorial director at the Fashion History Museum.
November 6, 2020
CBC series with fashion industry panel discussion (including FHM curator) on how 2020 will change fashion. Interview starts as 11:28
September 17, 2020
Courtesy of the Fashion History Museum, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
June 16, 2020
Helping to ensure the longevity of the Fashion History Museum, the city has agreed to acquire the property at 74 Queen St. E. for $1.2 million.
July 28, 2019
The tambour-beaded dress came to the museum from the world-renowned Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England.
May 30, 2019
Boasting an immense and eclectic collection of some 12,000 pieces, the Fashion History Museum shines the spotlight on histories and cultures of the world.
April 12, 2019
One of the ways cultural resources such as museums, galleries and libraries serve their communities is by marking holidays and seasonal turnings.
July 12, 2018
In a former post office, located north of Cambridge, Ontario, is a little slice of fashion history.
November 22, 2017
The Fashion History Museum in Hespeler is facing an uncertain future with the City of Cambridge reducing its funding in the coming years.
May 15, 2017
A new exhibition at the Fashion History Museum showcase the best in Canadian Style from Mukluks to the "Canadian Tuxedo".
April 5, 2017
Finding and borrowing items was the least of the challenges for the FHM's sesquicentennial-themed show, which explores national identity through dress.
April 5, 2017
Finding and borrowing items was the least of the challenges for the FHM's sesquicentennial-themed show, which explores national identity through dress.
March 14, 2017
The fashion exhibition reflects the nation, tracing its evolution from dull colonial outpost to vibrant international player.
August 10, 2016
James Fowler, a fashion writer and former costumer, loans Ken doll collection to fashion museum.
May 18, 2016
The Fashion History Museum opened in 2015 and resides downtown in a stately brick building covered in climbing vines, that used to be the town's old post office.
April 30, 2016
Guelph is not known as a fashion centre, but the city spawned a woman who made her mark on fashion history.
March 11, 2016
A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the Fashion History Museum in the village of Hespeler, Cambridge, Ontario
March 5, 2016
FHM co-founder, Jonathan Walford shares insight into what real Canadians wore in the time of the fictional Crawley's.
July 9, 2015
After seven years of trying, FHM co-founders, Kenn Norman and Jonathan Walford’s dream of creating a fashion museum in Cambridge seems to have come to fruition.
July 3, 2015
FASHION HISTORY MUSEUM NOW OPEN IN CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO, CANADA
After seven years of trying, FHM co-founders, Kenn Norman and Jonathan Walford’s dream of creating a fashion museum in Cambridge seems to have come to fruition.
KiMAGIC
May/June 2014
Fashion historians eager to move extensive collection into a new home.
February 3, 2014
Read Jonathan Walford's New York Times article about how the '60s changed everything in American style.
December 31, 2013
The Fashion History Museum grew out of this interest, beginning in 1977 when Walford was given a “period” collarless shirt to wear while working at Heritage Village in Burnaby, British Columbia.
August 15, 2013
Although the Fashion History Museum was founded in 2004 and has had touring exhibitions circle the globe, it did not have a permanent home until recently.
July 25, 2013
From turn-of-the-century frocks to eighties punk rock, the new fashion museum at Southworks opens this weekend with a collection meant to fascinate as well as inspire.
January 11, 2013
A new exhibit curated by Jonathan Walford at the Guelph Civic Museum showcases ladies’ undergarments through the centuries
November 5, 2012
Read the transcript of Jonathan Walford's interview with High Low Vintage.
Fall, 2012
“Chanel burst onto the scene at that moment in the early 1920s when the ‘new woman’ had emerged from the ashes of World War I,” says Jonathan Walford, curatorial director of FHM.
May 30, 2012
It's true that diamonds are a girl's best friend but shoes are her soul mates.
Fall, 2011
Jonathan Walford, curatorial director of the Fashion History Museum in Cambridge, Ontario, says Dior isn’t sufficiently recognized for the brilliant businessman he was.
May 20, 2010
Kenn Norman and Jonathan Walford haven't let brick and mortar get in the way of creating a world class Canadian fashion history museum.
May. 2010
Kenn Norman and Jonathan Walford haven't let brick and mortar get in the way of creating a world class Canadian fashion history museum.
August, 2009
Fashion History Museum is seeking a permanent home in the Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Cambridge area.
2009
Fashion History Museum is seeking a permanent home in the Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Cambridge area.