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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Downton and Us – at Seneca
We have just closed the doors on our Fourth Annual Fashion Resource Centre Exhibition. Real estate is always an expensive proposition so we are fortunate to have access to 1000 square feet of prime space through our Boutique @ Seneca. During the lull in-between winter and spring semesters we are able to transform the space…
It’s in the details
By Dale Peers, While the devil may be in the details when it comes to fashion, I must say I welcome Satan. Put the magnifying glass up close to a fashion item, and it reveals so many different things from a variety of perspectives. One question leads to a plethora of even more questions. This…
Seneca’s Rich Fashion History
By Dale Peers, Welcome to the inaugural blog post of Seneca’s Fashion Resource Centre! I can’t tell you how excited I am to share the wealth of information and fascinating stories that have developed over the years. So, why not start from the beginning so you have an idea of how we got to where…