Past Exhibits


  • RESIST: A World of Resist Dye Techniques
    April 6, 2012 - June 9, 2013 Ikat, batik, tie-dye, kasuri, tsutsugaki, adire, bandhani… Many different methods, one simple premise: creating patterns using dye.
     Stager and Blum Galleries
  • LIfe, Thoughts & Garments: Linda Öhrn-McDaniel Recent Works
    March 2, 2012 - February 10, 2013 Concept, problem solving and material process are the fundamental starting points for all my creative work as a designer, artist and educator.
     Higbee Gallery
  • A Day at the Beach
    November 18, 2011 - October 28, 2012 The image of women at the seaside in elegant white gowns was a popular subject for Impressionist painters. This exhibition explores the reality of summer tourism with a selection of actual garments of the style that would have been worn near and at the beach.
     Alumni Gallery
  • On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life
    September 30, 2011 - August 26, 2012 As Americans observe the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, the Kent State University Museum will present an exhibit about the material circumstances and domestic life during the Civil War and the years that followed.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Collectors and Collecting
    June 24, 2010 - June 3, 2012 Collecting is not a taste of what is good or beautiful, but for what is rare and unique, for what one has and what others lack. It is not an attachment for that which is perfect, but for that which is sought after and in fashion. It is not an amusement, but a passion often so violent that it is no less potent than love or ambition, except for the smallness of its object. It is not a passion that one has generally for rare things of value, but only for a certain thing that is rare, and at the same time, in vogue.
    --- Jean de la Bruyère, 1688
     Tarter/Miller, Palmer, and Mull Galleries
  • Sustainable Fashion: Exploring the Paradox
    April 8, 2011 - March 18, 2012 The exhibition "Sustainable Fashion: Exploring the Paradox" is a comprehensive look at sustainable practices in fashion. The multi-billion dollar fashion industry is in a powerful position to make significant changes to the social and physical environment that we all live in.
     Stager and Blum Galleries
  • Beyond Fashion: Fiber and Fashion Art by Vincent Quevedo
    March 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012 An important ingredient in my work is the relationship between the body and the material while exploring the space created between the two. It is about the body and the relationship it has to the environment and allowing it to be interpreted by others.
     Higbee Gallery
  • New and Noteworthy: Recent Acquisitions to the Collection
    November 19, 2010 - October 9, 2011 While we look back and celebrate our first quarter century, we are also continuing to strengthen our holdings and present exhibitions that take advantage of the remarkable diversity and range of our collection. Just as the title says, these garments are all new, at least to us, and noteworthy.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen
    October 2, 2010 - September 4, 2011 Renowned actress, role model, fashion icon, outspoken, independent and feisty, Katharine Hepburn is listed by the American Film Institute as Hollywood's greatest screen legend.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Made in India: Indian textiles, Global markets
    April 21, 2010 - March 20, 2011 Textiles and clothing in India are more than striking representatives of the nation's creativity and ingenuity; they have played an integral role in the cultural, political and economic shifts that the nation has faced through the twentieth century. The array of items selected for this exhibition attests to the central role that textiles have played in the relationship between India and the West.
     Stager and Blum Galleries
  • The Kent State University Museum: Celebrating 25 Years
    March 11, 2010 - February 13, 2011 Changing fashions exemplify the human desire for novelty. The 25 pieces in this exhibition represent the very tip of the iceberg of fashionable dress, and illustrate the evolution of fashion from 1750 to today.
     Higbee Gallery
  • I never leave the house without a hat: The Savanna Vaughn Clark Collection
    November 19, 2009 - October 31, 2010 For Savanna Vaughn Clark, hats create a total look and she selects each one to compliment a specific outfit. A generous donor to the Kent State University Museum, Mrs. Clark has given the museum more than one hundred hats.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Stavropoulos
    January 22, 2010 - September 5, 2010 George Stavropoulos was a New York fashion designer who built a multi-million dollar business on his signature, floating chiffon dresses.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Gazette du Bon Ton
    June 25, 2009 - May 30, 2010 The Gazette du Bon Ton sought to be "the place where couturiers and painters collaborate to compose the silhouette of their time. Palmer and Mull Galleries
  • Great American Glass: The Roaring Twenties and Depression Era
    December 10, 2008 - May 30, 2010 This exhibition, curated by James Measell, historian at the Fenton Art Glass Company, focuses on pieces from the second quarter of the twentieth century, a period known as "between the wars," a period spanning both luxurious excess and deep depression.
     Tarter/Miller Gallery
  • The Kokoon Arts Club: Cleveland Revels
    March 19, 2009 - March 28, 2010 As the lowly cocoon was the forerunner of the beautiful butterfly, so might they hope that from this small beginning something of beauty should develop and emerge.
     Blum and Stager Galleries
  • Confessions and the Sense of Self: Works by Noël Palomo-Lovinski, 2003-2009
    January 22, 2009 - January 3, 2010 My work has been particularly concerned with the tension that exists between the enduring archetype of the caring female and the nature of such contradictory confessions. I have chosen dress as the primary medium of expressing these ideas because it acts as such a strong visual metaphor for identity.
     Higbee Gallery
  • The Art of the Embroiderer
    September 25, 2008 - December 31, 2009 In 1770, Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin published L'Art du Brodeur, a treatise on embroidery, where he defined the practice as "the art of adding the representation of such motifs as one chooses—flat or in relief, in gold, silver, or color—to the surface of a finished piece of cloth. Broadbent Gallery
  • Michael Kors Designs from the Wendy Zuckerwise Ritter Collection
    February 26, 2009 - November 8, 2009 Recognized as one of the country's preeminent designers and entrepreneurs, Michael Kors has stayed true to his goal to design "chic, luxurious American sportswear. Alumni Gallery
  • Rudi Gernreich: Bold
    July 23, 2008 - May 31, 2009 Characterized by a simplicity of line, a love of strong saturated hues, and a daring sense of graphic design that used both the body and cloth as media, his work stood out and often overstepped sociological boundaries.
     Palmer and Mull Galleries
  • James Galanos: American Luxury
    February 14, 2008 - March 1, 2009 The Kent State University Museum is fortunate to have more than 120 different garments by James Galanos in its collection. This exhibition is only a glimpse of the remarkable talent of this creative American.
     Stager Gallery
  • Japanese Obi in the Kent State University Museum Collection
    September 11, 2008 - March 1, 2009 The Kent State University Museum is fortunate to have in its collection exceptional examples of the formal sashes, the obi, worn with traditional Japanese kimono on special occasions.
     Blum Gallery
  • In Bloom: Patterned Silk Design Innovations in Eighteenth Century France
    March 6, 2008 - February 8, 2009 Early eighteenth century silk design is marked by the evolution of textile motifs towards greater naturalism... Semi-naturalistic flowers begin to appear about 1700, after which a tendency towards more naturalistic forms accelerated until the middle of the century.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Belle Époque Brides
    January 24, 2008 - January 4, 2009 The period between 1875 and 1914 was tumultuous in both Europe and the United States. At the time, no one thought of it as a specific era, but in hindsight it has been called the "Gilded Age." In France it has been known rather nostalgically as La Belle Époque, the "Beautiful Time. Higbee Gallery
  • Carnival Glass: The First Decade
    November 22, 2006 - November 10, 2008 Initially called "Iridescent Ware" by the Fenton Art Glass Company in late 1907, this innovative glassware typically featured a vivid metallic sheen of changing hues on pressed glass articles made in highly-patterned moulds.
     Tarter-Miller Gallery
  • Mood Indigo
    September 25, 2007 - August 31, 2008 Grown in tropical, subtropical and some temperate climates, indigo's history is embedded in many cultures, which serve to make it one of the most appealing and popular dyes of all time.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Native Americans through the Prism of Culture: Edward S. Curtis & the Legacy of Collectors
    June 22, 2007 - June 15, 2008 The photographs presented in this exhibition are part of the series The North American Indian, written, illustrated and published between 1907 and 1930 by Edward S. Curtis.
     Palmer and Mull Galleries
  • Inner Secrets: Japanese Men's Haori
    April 20, 2007 - March 30, 2008 The formal haori, or short coats, in this exhibition retain the sense of hidden luxury with brocaded linings worked in gold thread and complex patterns in images that would be known only to the wearer.
     Blum Gallery
  • Charles James
    May 31, 2007 - February 17, 2008 The body of work created by Charles James from 1926 until his death in 1978 has become a touch stone in the history of fashion. Distinctive, colorful and extreme are terms that describe both the clothes and the creator.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Vionnet 2007
    August 30, 2007 - January 27, 2008 The House of Vionnet was reborn in 2007. The challenge this presented is the reason for our exhibition. How do you resurrect a firm created by a genius of garment engineering and one of the most gifted and original designer of the twentieth century? Very carefully.
     Stager Gallery
  • American Creator Series: Dean Harris, Jeweler
    August 9, 2007 - January 27, 2008 A love of the natural world and a reverence for the materials he uses has led Dean Harris to create sculptural jewelry that has struck a cord with his clientele since the inception of his company in 1998.
     East Gallery
  • Lace: The Art of Needle and Bobbin
    March 23, 2007 - January 6, 2008 When Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman donated their collection of costume and decorative arts to Kent State University, they included an extensive group of fine laces, some of which had been collected by Shannon's mother. Two additional gifts have had extraordinary examples of seventeenth and eighteenth century lace.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Oscar de la Renta: American Elegance
    May 11, 2006 - September 2, 2007 This exhibition highlights the consistent design approach to creating collections that include as many as 93 different looks, as did the 1982 collection, and demonstrates the masterful use of theme and variations in building the large and diverse collections Oscar de la Renta shows each year.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Figured and Fancy Coverlets in the Kent State University Museum Collection
    May 24, 2006 - August 12, 2007 The popularity of figured and fancy coverlets waned after the onset of the Civil War due to the experience of war, the increasing mechanization of the textile industry which put commercial hand loom weavers out of business, and changing taste. After the war few coverlets were produced by hand. The traditions encompassed by the early coverlets, however, have reappeared in the decorative "throws" produced commercially today with computerized looms.
     East Gallery
  • Crazy Quilts in the Kent State University Museum Collection
    May 26, 2006 - July 22, 2007 The technique for making a crazy quilt involved laying out a piece of foundation fabric the size of the finished quilt and arranging the various pieces on it in pleasing patterns and juxtapositions. Prior to assembly images might be embroidered or painted on the silk fabrics. Appliqué and ribbon work were frequently used.
     Stager Gallery
  • Object Lessons: Authenticity in African Art
    October 26, 2006 - June 3, 2007 Establishing authenticity for African art objects has been a concern of academics, museum curators, collectors and gallery dealers for more than fifty years.
     Palmer and Mull Galleries
  • Sleuthing at the Seams: a 1750s Blue and Silver Dress
    October 6, 2006 - May 13, 2007 On February 25, 1978, Shannon Rodgers purchased a "blue silk robe and petticoat brocaded in silver, English, 1750," from Cora Ginsburg Antique Textiles in New York City. At the time, the dress was configured in a style approximating the 1770s, although the textile was probably created around 1750. It was included in the original Silverman/Rodgers gift that established the Kent State University Museum. When I first saw the dress in 1993, I noticed machine stitching, something definitely not possible in the 18th century, and it piqued my curiosity about the history of the dress.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Pieced Quilts and Comforters in the Kent State University Museum Collection
    August 5, 2006 - April 1, 2007 Perhaps nothing symbolizes the artistry, industry and affectionate nature of women as much as the quilts and comforters they make for their families and friends.
     Stager Gallery
  • Hair: The Rise of Individuality, 1790-1840
    October 14, 2006 - January 7, 2007 By the 1790s, wigs and towering hairdos were going out of favor and new styles rooted in classicism ushered in an era of increased individuality.
     Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, in Lancaster, Ohio
  • The Age of Nudity
    March 9, 2006 - January 7, 2007 We live in an era where less is more and informality is the norm. Although we might think that very little can shock us, fashion has a way of continually make us reassess our standards of propriety.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Spirals & Ellipses: Clothing the Body Three-Dimensionally
    September 1, 2005 - October 1, 2006 Curvilinear, pliable and changing while in motion, the human body is a never ending design challenge to individuals who aim to clothe it. To cover with cloth (a.k.a. clothing) has long meant the use of what is essentially a two-dimensional medium to cover a three-dimensional form.
     Mull and Palmer Galleries
  • Chado Ralph Rucci
    November 17, 2005 - April 23, 2006 Impervious to fads and to the increased theatricality of the couture world, Mr. Rucci's work mirrors his peaceful and introspective ways and draws inspiration from a wide range of sources. Creative construction is at the center of his design philosophy, but he also pays close attention to the properties of fabrics and to the ideas of the talented individuals who surround him.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Raiment for Receptions: A Japanese Bride's Last Furisode
    May 25, 2005 - March 12, 2006 The furisode, or "swinging sleeve" kimono, is traditionally worn only by women before marriage. The last time a Japanese bride wears these long, swinging sleeves is at her wedding reception. On this occasion, elaborately embroidered furisode, called uchikake, are worn over a matching kimono and serve to display the family's status as well as to keep the bride the visual focus of the reception party.
     Alumni Gallery
  • The Right Chemistry: Colors in Fashion, 1704-1918
    December 16, 2004 - February 19, 2006 Wearing color is part of the human experience. From time immemorial, colors were an integral part of the fiber of society and their presence, or absence, served a social function.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Yves Saint Laurent
    March 3, 2005 - October 16, 2005 Superb design and hand workmanship characterize French haute couture, the finest or highest form of sewing, and no atelier excelled that of Yves Saint Laurent at 5 Avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris, France.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Origin and Synthesis: Selected Weavings by Janice Lessman-Moss, 1994-2004
    September 23, 2004 - August 7, 2005 The skills and creative imagination involved in the work of Janice Lessman-Moss combine visual and tactile possibilities rooted in both historic processes and current technologies. Her work is unique and has been displayed alongside that of leading textile artists in many juried competitions.
     Mull and Palmer Galleries
  • Dyed in the Wool: Felt & Wearable Art by Horst
    May 27, 2004 - May 15, 2005 Through the action of heat, moisture, chemicals and pressure, wool is made into felt. With great zeal and imagination, Horst manipulates both the wool fiber and the felted cloth in ways that defy conventions.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy: Fashioning a Career
    April 16, 2004 - January 30, 2005 Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy: Fashioning A Career features designs Linda Allard created during her 40 year career with the Ellen Tracy firm in New York City.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • An Eye for Design: 18th & 19th Century Fashion and Decorative Arts
    December 18, 2003 - December 5, 2004 The eighteenth century was marked by at least three distinctive styles: the Baroque, the Rococo and Neoclassicism. Neoclassicism competed with a multitude of design influences early in the nineteenth century. Looking back to previous styles became a strong force throughout this period and, at times, many styles coexisted and created an era marked with eclecticism.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Fashion on the Ohio Frontier, 1790-1840
    July 26, 2003 - January 18, 2004 The goal of the exhibition was to seek, find and present artifacts unknown to most Ohio historians and to draw from them a meaning that could shed light on the diversity of settling experiences that occurred within the state.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • The Artistry of Adrian: Hollywood's Celebrated Design Innovator
    June 5, 2002 - November 17, 2002 The artistry of Adrian is displayed in the clean lines, dexterity with fabric and his consummate expression of imagination and humor that exists in every piece of clothing, costume, or creation. Adrian was responsible for creating and refining the images of actresses such as Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Jean Harlow and his favorite, Greta Garbo.
     Palmer and Mull Galleries
  • Of Men & Their Elegance
    July 3, 2002 - November 17, 2002 Elegance rarely comes without effort. Throughout the centuries, a great deal of time, energy and resources has been devoted to this quest.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Designing Domesticity: Decorating the American Home since 1876
    December 5, 2001 - November 17, 2002 Designing Domesticity: Decorating the American Home Since 1876 explores the relationship between interior design and family reform in four decades of relative growth the 1870s, the 1920s, the 1950s, and today.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Pulitzers and Portraits: Treasured Photographs by Paul Tople
    October 19, 2002 - November 17, 2002 When Paul Tople's parents gave him a photograph processing kit for Christmas when he was 14 years old, he thought that was the "dumbest gift" ever. His mother and father weren't photographers, and he had never taken a picture in his life. He had no idea at the time that the kit would serve as a symbol of his destiny.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Mandala and Temple: Sacred Architecture in Tibet; Photographs by John Milton Lundquist
    October 10, 2001 - November 17, 2002 Tibet is a repository of some of the most ancient beliefs and rituals. It houses temples such as the magnificent Jokhang in Lhasa, the ethereal national cathedral of Tibetan religion, where one can immerse oneself in an atmosphere that evokes the great temples of antiquity.
     East Gallery
  • The Hours of the Woman of Leisure
    October 17, 2001 - November 17, 2002 This exhibition examines the variety of garments that were appropriate to wear in different surroundings and times of day in the nineteenth century by women who followed fashion and lived a life of leisure.
     Stager Gallery
  • Air of the East: Fashion Art from Korea
    February 21, 2001 - September 2, 2002 This exhibition features the wearable art works of 55 innovative Korean artists who attempt to show fashion in a new light, not only in its functional and practical aspects but also as an imaginative and contemporary art form.
     Stager Gallery
  • Scaasi: An American Icon
    June 29, 2001 - May 19, 2002 In the ephemeral world of fashion, Scaasi's sense of style, color and shape have endured. An art collector whose passion permeates his work, he knows what American women want and remembers their desire for fantasy.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Charles Kleibacker: Master of the Bias
    March 14, 2001 - April 28, 2002 Charles Kleibacker is one of the few American designers to have made a name for himself creating intricate garments in the couture tradition. Instead of mass-produced ready-to-wear, he created a limited number of extremely well-crafted garments that accented body shape and enhanced wearing comfort. Unsatisfied with industrial construction methods, he specialized in hand-sewn assembly techniques that enabled him to produce remarkable designs, many with highly complex bias-cut construction.
     Palmer Gallery
  • Kaleidoscopic Dreamcoats: Central Asian Ikat Robes
    November 29, 2000 - April 28, 2002 Central Asia's spectacular ikat fabrics reverberate with beauty, energy and life. Intricate motifs in hazy patterns glow with scintillating colors. Their textile artistry is created through a process of dyeing and weaving called abrdandi or "banded cloud. Mull Gallery
  • Uncommon Clay: Ohio Art Pottery from the Paige Palmer Collection
    October 25, 2000 - October 28, 2001 Uncommon Clay: Ohio Art Pottery from The Paige Palmer Collection reflects the dynamic historical forces that shaped the ceramics industry during the Arts and Crafts movement between 1870 and 1930. These include the onsurge of patriotism, women's suffrage, big business, interior design and the industrial revolution.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Centuries of Childhood
    September 27, 2000 - September 30, 2001 The history of children's clothing reflects the attitude of adults toward childhood, as, until very recently, children had no voice in the matter. Prior to the late 18th century, children were dressed as miniature adults, in garments which limited their physical freedom and imposed societal restrictions on their behavior.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Posing for Paper Dolls: Fashions from 1750 to 1900
    June 28, 2000 - May 27, 2001 Each of the garments and paper dolls on display in the Higbee Gallery is a tribute to the changing face of fashion. The exhibition is a unique opportunity for paper doll lovers and fashion enthusiasts alike to see delightful paper doll creations alongside the period costumes that inspired them.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Flora and Fashion: Gardens Become Us!
    January 26, 2000 - January 28, 2001 Flora & Fashion: Gardens Become Us! features a range of fashions influenced by botannicals and florals including 18th century costume, 19th and 20th century ballgowns, garden party dresses, floral hats, textiles, accessories, and elegant examples of couture from Dior, Balenciaga, Norell, and Chanel, among others.
     Stager Gallery
  • Isabel and Ruben Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion
    March 15, 2000 - October 8, 2000 Enter Isabel and Ruben Toledo's world and find two highly talented individuals working in synergy. Muse to her husband's sculpture, painting and illustration, Isabel Toledo conceives of shapes and structures to clothe the human body. Complementarily, Ruben Toledo's surreal view of life brings humor and unconventionality to her industrial world.
     Broadbent, Palmer, and Mull Galleries
  • Revolutionizing Fashion: The Politics of Style
    April 12, 2000 - September 17, 2000 The 1970s was a period of self-expression, experimentation and soul-searching. From humble working class denims to high style disco garments, fashions mirrored the changing attitudes that contributed to the emergence of a plethora of new provocative and powerful styles.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Silhouettes of Style: Fashions from the Martha McCaskey Selhorst Colelction
    June 17, 1998 - June 4, 2000 "Silhouettes of Style" marks the Museum's first rotation of selected costumes from the Selhorst Collection, and officially welcomes the collection to the University. We are most grateful to Martha Selhorst for her keen eye, the extraordinary care she gave the collection, and her generosity in donating it to the Kent State University Museum.
     Higbee Gallery
  • 2000 Spangles: Dresses for the Party of the Millenium
    November 20, 1999 - April 2, 2000 This exhibition showcases the creativity of American designers and envisions the brilliant and glorious evening that will forever be engraved in people's minds as the party of the millennium.
     Alumni Gallery
  • Panache: Paige Palmer - A Salute to Fifty Years of Fashion and Fitness
    April 16, 1999 - March 5, 2000 The museum exhibition highlights the years on Cleveland television, the fashion and fitness promotions, the travel, the celebrities, and the personal panache that have kept Paige Palmer in the spotlight for fifty years and more.
     Mull Gallery
  • Japanese by Design
    May 19, 1999 - February 27, 2000 Revolutionaries of design Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo have fused east and west to establish an aesthetic that goes beyond national identity. Their innovative approaches to fashion have baffled and transformed us for the past three decades. Beneath a surface of metamorphosing modern forms, the intellectual core of their work is solidly informed by the traditional principles of Japanese design.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • Different Voices: New Art from Poland
    October 13, 1999 - January 2, 2000 Different Voices: New Art from Poland is based on the works of twenty women artists whose activity is related to the fiber arts lineage. The exhibition and catalogue highlight the strength of their production, outline underlying themes, explore techniques and challenge the extent to which their participation in this lineage questions their relationship to 'contemporary art.'
     Stager Gallery
  • A Dance of Light and Color: Embroidered and Brocaded Garments of India
    November 4, 1998 - September 19, 1999 The woven journey through India's history of dress unravels into a splendid and diverse tale. The second most populous country in the world, India is currently inhabited by over 950 million people. Indians exhibit phenomenally varied ethnicity and culture.
     Stager Gallery
  • For Erin: A Royal Remembrance
    September 10, 1998 - September 5, 1999 Pam Henn successfully acquired a pale pink evening dress embroidered in pearls, designed by Catherine Walker, worn by Princess Diana on a state visit to Pakistan, and recorded by Lord Snowden in an official photograph. She purchased the dress in Erin's name and memory.
  • Court & Conquest: Ottoman Origins and the Design for Handel's Tamerlano at the Glimmerglass Opera
    February 17, 1999 - April 25, 1999 Curated by Dr. Walter B. Denny, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the exhibition focused on the original Ottoman and European Orientalist sources used by Miss Levin as inspirations for her designs. Included were Ottoman textiles, armor, illuminated manuscripts, sultan portraits, Orientalist prints, clothing and jeweled buckles juxtaposed with the opulent opera costumes created for the 1995 Glimmerglass Opera production.
  • Gone with the Wind: Women, Race, and Material Culture in the 20th Century
    August 1, 1997 - October 1, 1998 Gone with the Wind: Women, Race and Material Culture in the 20th Century seeks to explore the influence of both the novel and the film since the publication of the novel in 1936 and the first release of the film in 1939, through documents and objects on loan to the Kent State University Museum for this exhibition.
     Stager Gallery
  • Wrapped in Splendor: The Art of the Paisley Shawl
    July 1, 1997 - August 1, 1998 The exhibition traces the west's fascination with Kashmir shawls beginning in the late 18th century and demonstrates their use as both a practical outer garment and as a status symbol.
     Broadbent Gallery
  • What Daisy Wore: Gatsby Era Costumes from the Helen O. Borowitz Collection
    August 1, 1997 - May 1, 1998 These are the ensembles that might have been worn by Daisy Fay Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, ensembles that represent the jazz age and reflect the changing aesthetic at the beginning of the second quarter of the 20th century.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Textured Reflections: Greek Regions and Their Costumes
    September 1, 1997 - March 1, 1998 Through this exhibition of Greek costume from the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, the Kent State University Museum and members of the Greek community of Northeastern Ohio, we are pleased to present to the public indications of the many influences that helped to shape the wonderfully diverse, colorful and intricate patterns of Greek traditional dress.
     Mull Gallery
  • PUCCI!
    December 1, 1996 - November 1, 1997 At a time when French couture was highly constrictive and structured, Pucci's silk-jersey dresses, first created in 1954, were light-weight (only 3 to 4 ounces), wrinkle free and supremely comfortable. Identifiable at a glance with 60's pop culture, Pucci's fashions were in fact the forerunners of a generation of active sportswear synonymous with style and status.
     Mull Gallery
  • At Home at Tea Time: Tea Gowns for Distinction and Comfort, 1870-1920
    April 1, 1997 - August 1, 1997 As a new form of genteel undress, tea gowns exhibited early and consistently abundant signs of historicism.
  • Celebrating Donors: Shannon Rodgers and Cora Ginsburg
    July 1, 1996 - March 1, 1997 The Kent State University Museum was established with the gift of extraordinary examples of historic costume and decorative arts collected by Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman. Instrumental to the formation of Shannon's collection of costume was the friendship, collaboration and expertise of Cora Ginsburg.
     Higbee Gallery
  • Celebrating Elegance
    September 1, 1996 - January 1, 1997 The exhibition surveys 20th century American and European design. In conjunction with this year's Kent State University Museum gala, the exhibition focuses mostly on evening and cocktail wear.
     Broadbent Gallery
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