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The Independent Designer’s Research Department

Institutions of One × Fashion, Build room, dossier B07

From RN Collins, selected work

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

The articleThe Independent Designer’s Research Department institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. Gianfranco Ferré Research Center. Politecnico di Milano / Google Arts & Culture, center established 2021. artsandculture.google.com
  2. Condé Nast Archive. Condé Nast / Google Arts & Culture, archive since 1909. artsandculture.google.com
  3. HCC Fashion Archive. Houston City College / Google Arts & Culture, collection spans 1740s-2000s. artsandculture.google.com
  4. MoMu, Fashion Museum Antwerp. MoMu / Google Arts & Culture, museum opened 2002. artsandculture.google.com
  5. Personal Digital Archiving. Library of Congress, current; resources include 2013 publication. digitalpreservation.gov
  6. Universal Electronic Records Management Requirements, Version 3. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 2023-06. archives.gov
  7. Gianfranco Ferré Research Center. Politecnico di Milano / Google Arts & Culture, current story. artsandculture.google.com
  8. Introducing Cristóbal Balenciaga. Victoria and Albert Museum, updated 2024-04-17. vam.ac.uk
  9. Alexander McQueen, an introduction. Victoria and Albert Museum, updated 2024-04-17. vam.ac.uk

Other sources

  1. Smithsonian Open Access. Smithsonian Institution, current; accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  2. Open Access FAQ. Smithsonian Institution, current; accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  3. Diana Dew's Designs. National Museum of American History, record accessed 2026-09-07. americanhistory.si.edu
  4. Special Collections and FIT Archive. Fashion Institute of Technology, current; accessed 2026-09-07. fitnyc.edu
  5. Dive into Color / collection-data experiments. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2018. labs.cooperhewitt.org
  6. Costume design for a New York production. Library of Congress, 1935-1939. loc.gov
  7. Open Access API. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, current; accessed 2026-09-07. metmuseum.github.io
  8. Smithsonian Open Access developer tools. Smithsonian Institution, current; accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  9. Cooper Hewitt Collection API. Cooper Hewitt, current; accessed 2026-09-07. collection.cooperhewitt.org
  10. Internet Archive Scholar. Internet Archive, current; accessed 2026-09-07. scholar.archive.org
  11. Historical Resources: Fashion Industry. Library of Congress, updated 2026. guides.loc.gov
  12. The source notes for dossier B07: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  13. The B07 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  14. 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 cover image
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
The featured object, "Look closely"
Jeanne Hallée, Afternoon dress, ca. 1900. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.3098a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record

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