Apparel Design Studio

One apparel design studio houses a variety of sewing equipment including sewing machines, pressing equipment and commercial manikins. Major equipment for industry pattern making, pattern grading and production sewing with industrial sewing machines is housed in another apparel design studio.

Collection of Historic and Cultural Costumes and Textiles

The Department possess a collection of more than 2,800 historic Euro-American and ethnic apparel pieces and other textile products. The collection is unique for its breadth of content and serves the two primary functions of teaching and research. Almost all Euro-American historic textile periods are represented as well as over 80 different countries or ethnic groups via surviving and/or reproduction pieces.

The Euro-American costumes date from the early 19th century up through the 1980s. This portion of the collection is primarily women's garments and includes hats, shoes, and other accessories as well as some children's and men's items. The Euro-American textiles date from the Renaissance up to the twentieth century. Included in this section of the collection are a few 16th century Italian silks, 17th and 18th century French silks, and several hundred samples of many varieties of lace.

The ethnic textile and clothing pieces include examples from almost every part of the globe. This includes textiles from ancient Peru, Coptic Egypt, 19th and early 20th century China, early 20th century Japan, 19th century India, and 20th century Central America, Europe, and Central and West Africa.


	Limit results to this site.		Health and Human Sciences » Design and Human Environment » Facilities » Apparel Design Studio. Apparel Design Studio One apparel design studio houses a variety of sewing equipment including sewing machines, pressing equipment and commercial manikins. Major equipment for industry pattern making, pattern grading and production sewing with industrial sewing machines is housed in another apparel design studio. Collection of Historic and Cultural Costumes and Textiles The Department possess a collection of more than 2,800 historic Euro-American and ethnic apparel pieces and other textile products. The collection is unique for its breadth of content and serves the two primary functions of teaching and research. Almost all Euro-American historic textile periods are represented as well as over 80 different countries or ethnic groups via surviving and/or reproduction pieces. The Euro-American costumes date from the early 19th century up through the 1980s. This portion of the collection is primarily women's garments and includes hats, shoes, and other accessories as well as some children's and men's items. The Euro-American textiles date from the Renaissance up to the twentieth century. Included in this section of the collection are a few 16th century Italian silks, 17th and 18th century French silks, and several hundred samples of many varieties of lace. The ethnic textile and clothing pieces include examples from almost every part of the globe. This includes textiles from ancient Peru, Coptic Egypt, 19th and early 20th century China, early 20th century Japan, 19th century India, and 20th century Central America, Europe, and Central and West Africa.