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In order to present a garment convincingly on a display figure it is essential to know when it was made. Understanding how to use a wide variety of sources will help you to arrive at a date or date range, in order to establish the silhouette appropriate for the time. Since dress historians and curators…
Dress and textiles are amongst the most delicate and ephemeral objects in museum collections and need careful handling. The frst process when preparing any garment for display should always be a detailed assessment of its condition. It is essential to establish the fragility of the garment, the weakness of its fabrics and the strength of…
This book has evolved over several years of working closely with a wide range of public and private collections of clothing and uses my skills as a fashion designer and textile conservator to fnd convincing and innovative ways of displaying dress and textiles. Three-dimensional displays of garments intended to be worn in a particular manner…
When I called out those things and heard them echo back, I jumped up and down. I fist pumped the air. I whooped for joy. Seriously. Anyone watching me must’ve thought I was crazy. But I didn’t care—the excitement was real! I was getting emotionally connected to my goal. I was getting it into my…
A few years ago, a successful Manhattan realtor named Amy came to see me. She needed help, she told me, managing the high stress of her job. But the more she talked about her work, life, and family, the more I came to suspect it wasn’t work that was stressing her out. No, there was…
But Which One Should I Choose? There Are a Hundred Things I Could Do You might have several things you want to work on. That’s great! For now, I encourage you to choose one. You can use the Mindset Reset process again and again, anytime, with any goal. The more you do each of these…
Shauna had found what I like to call her Pearl. Picture this: an oyster, minding its own little oyster business, somewhere on the ocean floor. A current in the water disturbs the sand around it, and a single grain gets lodged in its shell. The oyster has no way to get rid of it, so…
A few years ago, I had the privilege of working with Shauna, a stay-at-home mom whose dreams of going back to work had begun to feel impossible. “I left my career in finance eleven years ago to raise my children. When they were old enough, I started to homeschool them, ” she told me during…
I hope it will be impossible for you to read this book sitting down. Okay, not literally. But kind of. Throughout this book, I am going to do everything in my power to get you out of your seat. Why? Because sitting is a big part of what helps us go nowhere—or feel like we’re…
Stephen launched his business. I began prepping to launch mine. I knew I wanted to help people get unstuck in their lives, and I knew that both movement and mindset were essential to making real change. How could I use what I’d learned to help others? I started experimenting with different ideas based on my…