It's been a LONG time coming but i'm finally getting around to writing about the costume replica of a stillsuit from the moving Dune, which we made for display at the Museum of Science Fiction in DC!

In the first post on this topic, i talked about the costume itself (both conceptually in the world of the movie, and practically speaking), and the ( Read more... )

When i first heard about the story of fashion designer Hedy Strnad, I knew i had to see the exhibit featuring her designs made real. Strnad was murdered by the Nazis in WW2, but eight of her fashion design renderings survived, preserved by extended family living in Wisconsin. In conjunction with the costume shop at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, ( Read more... )

This post is the first of more-than-one [1] concerning our final costume replica project for the Museum of Science Fiction in Washington, DC: a Stillsuit from the 1984 film, Dune.


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This past spring, we entered into a very exciting partnership with the in-development Museum of Science Fiction.

This article gives a pretty good overview of how we wound up getting involved, and you can watch a brief video about it at this link.

So, this post is a behind-the-scenes photoessay overview of what this first project entailed.


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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is conducting a WWI Centenary Project, a "year-long conversation" about the legacy of that conflict, 100 years down the line. This has manifested in a huge range of participation across many departments and facets of the university, from exhibits in our museums, talks and workshops and presentations, ( Read more... )

While in New York this summer, i also got a chance to check out the NYC Makers exhibit at the Museum of Art and Design, running through October 12, 2014. The exhibit spotlights 100 "Makers" throughout NYC's 5 boroughs, creators of all different types of art and creatively-designed products ( Read more... )

Last week, i went to see the Metropolitan Museum of Art's current Costume Institute exhibition, "Charles James: Beyond Fashion."The short version is: if you are at all interested in unusual structure, tailoring, creative draping, and couture construction, find a way to go. I seriously think that if all i had done was fly to NYC, go to the exhibit, ( Read more... )

At the end of last month, i took a train trip up to Wilmington, DE, to take in the current exhibit at Winterthur Mansion and Museum, Costumes of Downton Abbey. The exhibit runs through January 4, 2015, and costs $20 to attend in 2-hour timeslots. Your admission buys you access to all the rest of Winterthur's galleries, grounds, and the mansion ( Read more... )

One of my favorite perks of doing a short-term contract in NYC is getting to check out exhibits at the various museums and galleries in the city. Of course there's cool stuff going on at my stand-bys like the Museum at FIT and the Met, but i stumbled upon a small exhibition at a historic home which turned out to be fantastic ( Read more... )

While traveling and researching in the UK last month, I had the good fortune to check out the current exhibit at the Stockport Hat Museum, Hot Heads - Inspirational British Millinery, running through December 30 and showcasing ten of Britain's most talented contemporary milliners ( Read more... )