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chief conservator / curator • fashion • textiles • @saruzza@qoto.org

Joined June 2008
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Set your calendars! Limited tickets for this special VIP event with @carriecoon (and me, exhibition curator) go on sale July 15th.
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Our conservation staff attended the Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation last week! Several of our team members not only attended but also took on leadership roles and presented their valuable insights. We're proud to be at the forefront of conservation!🏛️💡
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Angelina Jolie on the cover of Vogue Japan July 2024 photographed by Takuya Uchiyama
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Perhaps the most interesting thing about this photo is that despite the great power Wintour yields, the fashion world is still very much a masculine realm, controlled by white (gay) men. #MetGala2024
Andrew Bolton, Anna Wintour, Jonathan Anderson, Thom Browne & Pierpaolo Piccioli attend the press conference for the 2024 Met Gala
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Hello to textile (and furniture, interiors, material culture, etc) friends! Please see and circulate this cfp for a volume about furnishing fabric: two different possibilities for prospective authors (full essays and assigned "object biographies"): furnishingfabrichistory.net/…
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Beautiful. Thanks for stopping by, @GabeWasylko! ✨
A Thinker Sunflare in Cleveland, OH
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Sarah Scaturro retweeted
Still my favorite painting to see on visits to @ClevelandArt.
A cloudy day in CLE. ☁️ Gray and Gold, 1942. John Rogers Cox (American, 1915–1990). Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1943.60
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Janet Wood-who is The Costume Society’s Elizabeth Hammond Conservation Grant Coordinator- has authored a new book: ‘Creating the Perfect Form: How to Interpret and Display Historic Dress’
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Sarah Scaturro retweeted
Check out these podcasts on my deep dive into the life and fashions of legendary designer Claire McCardell (pt. 1 posted 2/13) and my reconstruction and release of her most famous designs as sewing patterns (pt. 2 posted 2/20). seworganisedstylepodcast.com…
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Looking at the prices of these Gingher scissors for class and I see why folks get pissed when someone uses their good scissors to cut paper.
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It’s the FINAL week to see Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession here at CMA. ✨ Egyptian art has long served, and continues to serve, as a primary inspiration for fashion designers, solidifying the legacy of Egyptomania—the influence of the art of ancient Egypt.
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Sarah Scaturro retweeted
This perfume bottle was manufactured in 1925 by Parfums de Marcy The Marcy "L'Orange Variee" is presented in a unique packaging consisting of eight individual glass sections that resemble orange segments, nestled within a painted enamel peel. these segments are positioned upside down, cleverly concealing their corks.
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🚨Professional development opportunity!🚨 Apply by December 31 for FAIC’s free, online "Exploring Ethics" workshop. The workshop will be offered January 10 & 11 at 12-1:30 ET. Visit learning.culturalheritage.or… for more info. [1/2]
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I've put up a new scaled pattern for an 18thc revival style from the 1870s: the Dolly Varden! etsy.com/listing/1606756634/…
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So I've decided to give this whole YouTube thing a go! My first video has just dropped: Historian's Top 5 Books for Making 17th-Century Dress youtu.be/_ubdtSEiXVg?si=Uvq0… via @YouTube
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We're also delighted to share more details of our excellent programme! 👇
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A lifelong seamstress, Sarah Scaturro, chief conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art, studied history and Italian, with chemistry classes, in college, found her way into conservation by taking courses in tailoring and pattern-making at FIT. fashionista.com/2023/03/text…
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A great chance to stock up on great books for the holidays and maybe also to send #DressedforFreedom to the fashionista in your life (or to buy it for yourself 🎁)
Name one thing better than a good book on a cold day. We'll wait. 🧐 *ALL* @illinoispress books are 50% off from now until Dec 31 when you use code HOLIDAY50 at checkout. Browse our new & forthcoming (& bestsellers & scholarship builders) here: ow.ly/gmpb50Q76rm
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