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The Journal of the Costume Society of America
Volume 41, 2015 - Issue 1
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Animating the Body in Museum Exhibitions of Fashion and Dress

Pages 37-51 | Published online: 21 May 2015
 

Abstract

Clothing takes form and is animated by the body. Within the context of a museum, present-day practice standards limit the options for displays of dress artifacts to static dress forms and mannequins. This was not always the case, and at one time museums routinely used live models for runway presentations and for photography of dress artifacts. This paper considers the history of the use of live models in the display of dress artifacts in museums and examines novel curatorial strategies employed to create the illusion of an animated body in some recent notable museum exhibitions of fashion.

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