Goldstein Ethnic Dress Exhibit
Note-I saw this exhibit and it does have a nice selection of garments from the 20th century
“EXPRESSIONS OF STABILITY AND CHANGE: ETHNIC DRESS AND FOLK COSTUME”
Through June 14
The Goldstein Museum of Design [St. Paul, MN]
This exhibit will feature 30 male and female ensembles of ethnic dress and folk
costume from Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, China, Turkey, Nigeria, Cameroon,
Somalia, Ghana, Palestine, Egypt, Scotland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden,
Croatia, the Ukraine, Laos (Hmong), Mexico, Guatemala, and Native American
(Ojibwe). The constant evolution of ethnic dress and folk costume, and how
they are used as a form of cultural expression and unification will be
highlighted
Click here for details.
Thanx to the Costume Society of America e-News for some of this info.




