Clothes Tell Stories

1. The Artist Imagination: (Telling stories with clothes); ... embroidered with turquoise beads is unlabelled, but probably made by Norman Hartnell, was worn by Princess Margaret at a film premier in London and at a dinner in Paris as a guest of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, ...
2. Exhibition Space: (Displaying clothes); ... in front of each other, or backing into others when they try to read an exhibition label on an adjacent wall. If guests do not easily understand the layout of the exhibition, they begin to move around ...
3. Stories: (Uncategorised); ... which will be useful for non-specialists: terminology, exhibition techniques, successful labels, contemporary collecting, aspects of proper storage and handling, exhibition walk-throughs and much more. ...
4. Identification of Fibers: (Working with clothes); ... at http://newvintagelady.blogspot.de/2010/12/burn-testing-101.html Luckily labels often tell what the object is made of: Wool ( Lambs wool / Camel Hair/ Mohair / Alpaca / Angora / Cashmere) ...
5. Documentation: (Working with clothes); ... the wearer got fatter, or because it was later used for fancy dress. Describe the position and type of each label. Transcribe it carefully. Add notes. Legislation on the labels required in modern ...
6. Clothes Tell Stories: (Uncategorised); ... which will be useful for non-specialists: terminology, exhibition techniques, successful labels, contemporary collecting, aspects of proper storage and handling, exhibition walk-throughs and much more. ...
7. Reconstructions: (Displaying clothes); ... and which are new, so they are not misled. Always mark the reconstructed piece with a label inside ("sleeve reconstructed 2005") so it will not be mistaken for original in future. for educational purposes ...
8. Storing Costume: (Working with clothes); ... disaster preparedness must also include the storage areas (see ICOM’s International Committee for Museum Security handbook Museum Security and Protection and Handbook on emergency procedures) labeling ...
9. Marking and Labeling Costume: (Working with clothes); ... should be removed for washing in case the ink is not permanent; Against: cloth tape labels tend to be large and clumsy, and are then placed so they are difficult to find, requiring unnecessary handling. ...
10. Planning a Costume Exhibition - a checklist: (Displaying clothes); ... build or adapt glass cases design a suitable traffic plan choose lighting ensure climate write labels and choose how to mount them decide how to present information in more than one language ...
11. Handling Clothes: (Working with clothes); ... white muslin for packing, covering, carrying. Unpack carefully in case beads or loose pieces have fallen off. Make sure the object is labelled, also on each layer of packing and outside the box Have ...
12. Guidelines: (Working with clothes); ... (ink from ballpoint pens cannot be removed without damaging historical textiles; see also Documentation and Marking and labeling costume) Each object must bear its permanent accession number Record ...
13. Dangerous Costume: (Working with clothes); ... any concerns and have analyses made of suspected objects Isolate suspected problem objects so they don’t contaminate other museum objects, and label accordingly Poisons Residues of ...
14. Useful Addresses: (Working with clothes); ... animal forms, wings, … Günter Stanzer Mühlbachstrasse 360, A-5412 Puch, tel. 0043.650.5183913 Sculptor using mainly natural material, inventive solutions Tags Neiss (www.neisslabel.de) ...
15. Creative Labels for Displays of Clothing and Fashion: (Displaying clothes); - some suggestions - Alexandra Kim ICOM Costume Committee board member For most museum staff exhibition labels are an important way of providing visitors with information about specific ...