August 10th, 2007 at 9:43 am
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In Thailand, it has been announced that delinquent police officers will be made to wear Hello Kitty armbands as a form of punishment. It is thought that not only will they be easily identified because of the bright pink color, but also, the feminine, childlike icon would shame them into shape. Fascinating use of dress as behavior modifier–but I’d be curious to see the results a year from now if those officers actually changed their ways, or, if in some twist the cute kitty got flipped around to become a status symbol of aggression and rebellion. That would be hilarious.
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August 8th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
(Jobs, Uncategorized)
Some very nice job postings are popping up–if I didn’t want to finish my program I’d for sure apply to some of these:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art has an opening for Council Assistant, Costume Council Costume and Textiles Department (RFT), who plans, coordinates, facilitates, and oversees all projects and events relating to the Costume Council, as well as manage the information of approximately 1,000 members and act as advisor to its volunteer chairman and Board of Directors in all aspects of event and
project planning, and budgeting. Lots more details on LACMA’s site.
LACMA also has a position not listed on their site but going around the CSA e-Newsletter for a curatorial assistant for its Costume and Textiles department. The successful candidate will assist curators in some or all areas of curatorial activity. Duties may include exhibition planning, cataloguing, research, writing, and image documentation, acquisition procedures, correspondence, and conference organization. Applicants must have a masters degree in art history with working knowledge of costume and textiles or equivalent knowledge and experience. Competitive salary and generous benefits are offered. For consideration please send a resume with cover letter and a list of references to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Attn: Francisco Lopez; Human Resources Dept.; 5905 Wilshire Blvd.; Los Angeles, CA 90036; fax 323.857.4720;
mailto:jobs@lacma.org.
The Royal Ontario Museum has a position open for Associate Curator, Textiles & Costume of the Eastern Hemisphere (Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe). This is a tenure-track entry-level position comparable to an Assistant Professor position at a university. The successful applicant will join the Textile and Costume section of the ROM’s Department of World Cultures. They will oversee a collection of approx. 12,000 works with particular strengths in Chinese Qing dynasty court costume, textiles and costume of the Islamic world (including an important collection of mediaeval tiraz), Indian chintz, and Eastern European regional dress. They will be expected to: undertake an active program of research that leads to publication and presentation of work in peer-reviewed scholarly outlets and to seek external grant funding for that research; develop a dynamic program of collection-based scholarship through acquisitions, permanent and temporary exhibits, publications, new media and public programs; participate in museum service and community outreach. The applicant is required to be actively engaged with the academic community and should qualify to teach in undergraduate and graduate programmes at university level.
Lots more details on ROM’s website.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is seeking a costume preparator/technician to assist in restoration, costume mounting, photography, and installation of a major costume exhibition. This position requires fine hand sewing skills, basic pattern making and draping skills, excellent writing skills, and a candidate who can work collaboratively. This is a full-time temporary position which needs to be filled as soon as possible and continues until April 2010. If interested, send resume, references and salary requirements to the HR Department, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202; fax 513.639.2881; or humanresources@cincyart.org
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August 7th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
(Conferences and Calls for Papers, Uncategorized)
The 2008 national conference for the Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association has been announced for San Fran March 19-22. Their website is a little vague and skeletal, but, it appears that the due date for submissions is Nov 2. There is a “fashion, appearance, and consumer identity” area so I think I’m going to send off a proposal. I’m curious how much overlap (or lack thereof) there is between the attendees at ITAA, CSA, and conferences such as this one with a cultural slant that includes fashion as one component. I really like ITAA, but as it moves more toward retailing and production, cultural scholars like myself are found looking for other avenues.
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August 3rd, 2007 at 2:47 pm
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Harper’s Bazaar’s August issue has the most fun spread in ages–The Simpsons do high fashion! I’ve been seeing the images floating around the web, but, this link not only has the Simpson’s illustrations, but also the styles they are based on. I’m not sure if the original images are in the magazine, or if the livejournal author put it all together-either way-thanx for the laugh riot. I hear the magazine is overrun with requests for prints, and being that most traditional fashion magazines generally only embrace the most tiresome apsects of culture, it’s no surprise everyone wants a georgous picture of Lisa to call their own. It’s a relief to see something light hearted in the oh-so-serious world of high fashion-and equally-it’s fabulous to see our green dressed gal as jazzed up as she deserves to be!
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August 2nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
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I finished watching Hair World on PBS (mentioned in a previous post) and it really was a fun little show looking into a type of dress related activity I know little about. During the show, one of the contestants mentioned it was happening in the U.S. in ’08, and upon looking into it we found it’ll be in
Chicago, in March. If you’re in that area it might be a fabulous time if it’s open to the public.
Harlo then pointed me toward a book of images entitled Hair Wars by photographer David Yellen that captured the Detroit hair competitions I spoke of in my previous post. They are out-of-this-world in the best possible way.
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August 1st, 2007 at 6:45 pm
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To our families and friends who have been trying to reach us-we are OK here in Minneapolis. The cell phones aren’t working much because they’re jammed and the Internet connection is spotty-but since I was able to get on right now I thought I’d post this.
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