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Unique Fashion Art Show at Harcum for 100th Anniversary
--Harcum's "100 Years of Fashion" Gallery Show Features a Century of Fashion Trends Since the College's Founding in Bryn Mawr--
Bryn Mawr, PA -- September 23, 2015 -- In honor of Harcum College’s Centennial year, the exhibition “What We Wore: 100 Years of Fashion” looks back over 100 years of fashion trends and clothing choices in the context of women’s lives, especially young women of college age.
Exhibition Curator Julian Crooks, Design Programs Development Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Merchandising at Harcum College, will speak at the opening reception on Saturday, October 10 at 11 a.m. in Harcum’s Charles Trout Library, highlighting items in the exhibit that shed light on social and popular cultural influences on clothing.
For each decade from 1915 to the present, “What We Wore” showcases photographs of Harcum students, advertisements, magazine copy, and vintage articles of clothing from hats and dresses to undergarments and accessories.
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Photographs in the exhibit are drawn from Harcum College yearbooks and from the Harcum College Archives, and articles of clothing collected by the design faculty at Harcum. The exhibit includes a rare official Harcum blazer circa late 1950s, of the kind worn often by students on official occasions until the mid-1960s.
Harcum College has a long history of offering academic majors related to fashion. Starting in the 1940s, Harcum offered majors in fashion illustrating and costume design. In the 1960s, a retail merchandising major was created. Currently, Harcum offers majors in fashion design and fashion merchandising, as well as a certificate in fashion design.
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At the reception, tea and cakes will be served. Guests are encouraged to wear gloves and vintage or retro hats if they please.
The exhibit, which runs until Friday, November 20, is free and open to the public. The Trout Library is located on Montgomery Avenue between Morris Avenue and Pennswood Road in Bryn Mawr. Access for parking near the Library is available from all three of those streets, and the Library is close to the Bryn Mawr Station of SEPTA’s Paoli/Thorndale regional rail line. For information and hours for the exhibit go to Harcum.edu/fashion* * *
Captions for photos: Photos of Harcum College students c. 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, 1980s are included in this show.
