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Who Is Allowed to Interpret a Dead Designer’s Codes?

Institutions of One × Fashion, Continue room, dossier CN02

From RN Collins, selected work

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

The articleWho Is Allowed to Interpret a Dead Designer’s Codes? institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. Alexander McQueen, Explore the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum, collection current. vam.ac.uk
  2. 17 U.S.C. § 201, Ownership of copyright. U.S. Copyright Office, current. copyright.gov
  3. Standard Application Help: Claimant, transfer by inheritance. U.S. Copyright Office, current. copyright.gov
  4. Appraisal Policy of the National Archives. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, current policy; page updated 2026. archives.gov

Other sources

  1. Fashion collection. Victoria and Albert Museum, collection current; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  2. Wedding dress by Christian Dior. National Museum of American History, twentieth century; accessed 2026-09-07. americanhistory.si.edu
  3. Secrets of Balenciaga’s construction. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  4. Learning from “The Master”. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  5. Contemporary fashion designers on Balenciaga. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  6. The source notes for dossier CN02: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  7. The CN02 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  8. The rights desk: every source in the exhibition and the terms for using it institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

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House of Worth; attributed to Charles Frederick Worth and Jean-Philippe Worth, Ball gown, 1895-1900. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.1290a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record

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