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Current Exhibitions
From Sportswear To
Streetwear:
American Innovation
August 16 - November 2, 2008
Co-Curators:
Erin Jedlicka, Kelly Gage, Graduate Students in Apparel Studies; Marilyn DeLong, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach; Dolores DeFore, Volunteer Curatorial Specialist in Fashion
The influence of sportswear on contemporary American fashion can be seen daily. From Sportswear to Streetwear: American Innovation features garments from the Goldstein’s collection demonstrating the migration of specialty fabrics for athletic wear, such as quik-dri and stretch, and styles such as golf shirts, ski pants and athletic shoes into casual dress. Over the years, this mutual influence has shifted from sportswear to streetwear and back again, leaving viewers to ask: Is it sportswear or streetwear? Click here for a full press release.
Related Events:
Symposium- October 10, 2008, 4 pm
McNeal Hall Auditorium
Dr. Patricia Campbell Warner, professor emerita, history of dress, Department of Theater, University of Massachusetts Amherst will be the featured speaker. Warner is the author of When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear. Click here for details.
DHA 5170 Dress & Sport for Women - Dr. Warner will be teaching a three-day, 1 credit course. Click here for details.
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Is it sportswear or streetwear? The sweater and pleated skirt silhouette of the classic tennis ensemble is mirrored in a staple of 20th century streetwear: the sweater set and knee length skirt.
Sweater Set and Skirt, 1960-1970
Gift of Dr & Mrs.Martin and Eve Jean Lebowitz
Tennis Dress, 1975-1980
Gift of Ms.Lorraine Livingston
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