By Dale Peers, If you can’t wait until spring arrives to throw off your heavy clothes you might like to examine what lurked under some of the layers worn by our predecessors. During the month of February, in our Fashion History classroom we are progressing through the 19th century and studying the “etiquette” of dressing….
To the Nines
Regardless of which award show is your favourite – The Golden Globes, The People’s Choice Awards or The Oscars -they all provide the opportunity to critique red carpet fashions. There are always hits and misses but, more importantly from a costume perspective these are the events at which our modern nobility wear the fashions of…
Black Friday
By Dale Peers, While the North American retail world has become obsessed with “Black Friday” the term sparked an idea about the meanings and symbolism of colour in the fashion world. From a retailing perspective the term Black Friday was coined to describe the potential influx in store sales in this last quarter of the…
Fashion Costume – Who will you be this Halloween?
Dale Peers, The weather in my neck of the woods was dreadful this Halloween, but it did not stop the trick-or-treaters from coming out. As always there were lots of superheroes and baby animals, but one intrepid girl did her best, despite the cold and wet, to channel her inner Madonna. Her t-shirt – “I…
Giving and Thanks!
We just celebrated Thanksgiving, midterm is just about here, the United Way campaign has been launched and Study Week begins next week which all spell out that we are well and truly in the midst of the fall term. This means that things are getting busier for students, faculty, support staff and administration. And yet,…
Back-to-School
By Dale Peers, Now that the (chalk) dust has settled – back-to-school is always busy and exciting – it is time to return to my blogging. The new, academic year always seems a bit like the January New Year feels – a time for fresh resolutions, and embarking on new plans or at the very…
Fashion Exhibitionism
By Dale Peers, If you define exhibitionism as exposing those things often hidden or kept to oneself then this summer might just be the time to take advantage of unlocked treasures and see three fashion exhibitions. They are the perfect reason for a summer car trip. The first is brought to us by our friends…
Menaissance
By Dale Peers, I recently attended a Fashion Group International panel discussion entitled “Menaissance.” This term moves us on from the previous “metrosexual” to that of gentlemen who take interest in their appearance and in presenting themselves to their audience whomever that may be — business associate, acquaintance, friend or romantic interest. I like the…
Summer Whites
Fig. 1, White dresses from Seneca Fashion Resource Centre If the Victoria Day long weekend marks the beginning of summer for you (and after surviving ice storms, frost quakes and polar vortices who wouldn’t want to welcome summer?) then summer is here. It might not have been the warmest on record but the grass is…
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…