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The Historic Costume & Textiles Collection houses over 12,000 artifacts of material and popular culture, some of which provided inspiration for researchers ranging from undergraduate students to independent scholars.

Thirty items on display…

“Sportswear” at the end of the nineteenth century was a term applied only to clothing designed for athletic purposes, the playing of sports popular at the time including tennis, golf, bicycling, bathing (what we now call swimming), ice-skating,…

Chogori and ch'ima in dark red silk satin jacquard with multicolored, mostly gold, carnation pattern.

Short capelet of black wool felt. 4.5" wide collar with 2" notch at center back. Narrow black satin ribbon and narrow braid in zig-zag pattern on collar and body of capelet. 5" wide bias cut ruffle on bottom edge. Fastens at neckline with placket and…

Short cape of black with black and yellow striped lining, silk ribbon flowers around neck with ties.

Blouse of white batiste. Front features lace and embroidery panel framed by vertical rows of pin-tucks and lace . 6 3/16 decorative shank buttons spaced down center front. Vertical pin-tucks extend from shoulder seam. Stand up collar with stays on…

Architecture versus fluidity in the artistic creation of fashion is the theme of the new exhibition that opened on January 22, 2005, at the Historic Costume & Textiles Collection located in the College of Human Ecology at The Ohio State University.…