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How Does a Designer Develop Recognizable Codes?

Institutions of One × Fashion, Build room, dossier B02

From RN Collins, selected work

The dossier chapter, the sources behind it, further reading and the collection images, each linked to the original.

The articleHow Does a Designer Develop Recognizable Codes? institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. Evening dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1882. metmuseum.org
  2. The Costume Institute collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection current; accessed 2026-09-05. metmuseum.org
  3. Useful Articles. U.S. Copyright Office, current; accessed 2026-09-05. copyright.gov
  4. Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure §1202.02, Registration of Trade Dress. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, current edition; accessed 2026-09-05. tmep.uspto.gov
  5. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, documentation current; accessed 2026-09-05. metmuseum.github.io
  6. Interview of Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg of the Patternmaking Department. Fashion Institute of Technology Special Collections and College Archives, 1995-02-27; digitized 2020. archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu
  7. Patternmaking certificate. Fashion Institute of Technology, current. fitnyc.edu
  8. Protection for Fashion Design, Statement of the Register of Copyrights. U.S. Copyright Office, 2006-07-27. copyright.gov

Other sources

  1. Dress designed by Ann Lowe. National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1950s; record accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  2. The World of Anna Sui. Museum of Arts and Design, 2019. madmuseum.org
  3. Fashion collection. Victoria and Albert Museum, collection current; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  4. Dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1885; accessed 2026-09-07. metmuseum.org
  5. Wedding dress by Christian Dior. National Museum of American History, twentieth century; accessed 2026-09-07. americanhistory.si.edu
  6. Secrets of Balenciaga’s construction. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  7. Learning from “The Master”. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  8. Christian Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent. Justia mirror of federal opinion, 2013. law.justia.com
  9. Contemporary fashion designers on Balenciaga. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  10. The source notes for dossier B02: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  11. The B02 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  12. The rights desk: every source in the exhibition and the terms for using it institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Images, slide by slide

The featured object, "Look closely"
House of Worth, Evening dress, ca. 1882. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.635a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record
Object 2 in "Look at the material record"
Maison Pingat, Dress, ca. 1885. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.628a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record

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