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Fashion & design · National Women’s History Museum
Fashioning Yourself
An exhibition on making clothes, technology and women’s self-expression.
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Fashioning a College Experience
How women’s colleges became spaces for experimenting with clothing and identity.
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Shop Til’ You Drop
Explore the history of shopping, garment production and women as consumers and designers.
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Clothing, work and the environment
An exhibition connects workwear, labour history and climate change.
1 October 2026 · University news
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A designer’s archive becomes a classroom
Students and curators explore craft and the labour behind couture through the Ralph Rucci collection.
14 September 2026 · University news
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