By Dale Peers, Drop Dior into the conversation and regardless of those assembled, everyone knows the topic has shifted to fashion. And, most know that the founder, Christian Dior, launched an empire of fashion that reaches around the globe and into our personal space scented with aftershave or perfumed soaps. What fewer know is that…
Tag: Seneca Fashion
The Colour Purple (and pink, red, yellow, orange, blue, green……)
A few blogs ago I wrote about the colour white, the use of it in fashion and society. I love colour and our Resource Centre allows me to indulge in a visual feast every time I do a display. A few weeks ago our display focus wasn’t on a particular period in fashion history, instead…
A Year of Anniversaries
Before November, the month of Remembrance Day, slips away I am looking forward to creating events to remember in 2017. There are several anniversaries that we will be celebrating which will allow us to once again showcase items in our Fashion Resource Centre. As a Canadian the celebration of the founding of our country in…
Fall Fashion Field Trips
By Dale Peers, Thanksgiving weekend is almost upon us and the lovely fall weather might be double the encouragement for a little fashion field trip. There are some wonderful exhibitions in full swing that you will want to catch before they, like the fall leaves, disappear. The Fashion History Museum in Hespler makes for a…
Fashion Resource Centre Book Launch
By Dale Peers, What a wonderful crowd came to out to celebrate at The Spoke Club in Toronto the launching of two new cross disciplinary projects. The one that I am most proud of is our Fashion Resource Centre book! The project was completed in an incredibly short period of time and would not have…
A Canadian Fashion Story: Pat McDonagh
March 12 – April 24 – Fashion History Museum, Hespler May 2nd to 6th – Seneca College, Newnham Campus at The Boutique, B2024. This year’s annual Fashion Resource Centre spring exhibition is another first for Seneca College! Last year our friends at the Fashion History Museum (FHM), Jonathan Walford and Kenn Norman, contacted me about the…
New Year, New You?
By Dale Peers, One of the many advantages of working in an academic institution is a minimum of at least two New Years! We have the academic year which traditionally begins in September as well as the calendar year. This gives us the opportunity to have fresh experiences and new beginnings in general and more…
Through the Looking Glass: Servants’ Appearance – a Reflection of the Upper Classes
by Rhonda Roth, Collections Librarian, Seneca College Mr. Carson, Mr. Barrow and Mrs. Patmore to name a few of our favourite characters/servants in the television show Downton Abbey (now, sadly in its last season) tell us a great deal about their position in society, without uttering a single word. One simply has to observe what…
It’s a Rarity
By Dale Peers, What qualifies as rare in fashion? Is it the singular genius of a designer’s work? Is it the incredible delicacy of hand embroidered cotton or lace? Is it the one-of-a-kind couture garment? We certainly have our share of beautifully designed, constructed and embellished garments in The Fashion Resource Centre Collection. And many…
Be-gone Blizzards
By Dale Peers, Be-gone Blizzardy weather! Let’s bring on the Beach! The current display in our Fashion Resource Centre window at the Newnham Campus of Seneca College was inspired by the coldest February on record. The thing about Canadian weather is that a) it is a frequent topic of conversation b) it changes rapidly and…