Colleen Allen’s Clothes Are Actually History Lessons

Colleen Allen’s Clothes Are Actually History Lessons

Photo: John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images Colleen Allen, a Brooklyn-based designer, showed her first eponymous collection…

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Best Dressed: Halloween is the moment Toronto costume designer Cameron Lee dives deep into fashion history

Best Dressed: Halloween is the moment Toronto costume designer Cameron Lee dives deep into fashion history

Open this photo in gallery: This 1971 Marimekko dress was sourced from Lee’s local thrift shop.Ted…

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What Unique Historical Elevators Can Teach Us About Design Today

What Unique Historical Elevators Can Teach Us About Design Today

4 min read Above: Left to right—Chicago Board of Trade (1930), Chrysler Building (1930), Woolworth Building…

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Watch Pro Designer Lets Nature Guide the Renovation of a Historic Portland Home | Behind the Design

Watch Pro Designer Lets Nature Guide the Renovation of a Historic Portland Home | Behind the Design

[mellow music] When we start a project, we’re not only digesting the client’s needs and wants,…

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‘Sinners’ Production Design Is Filled With History and Folklore

‘Sinners’ Production Design Is Filled With History and Folklore

When Ryan Coogler called on his go-to production designer, Hannah Beachler, to work on “Sinners,” she…

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Chicago designers talk inspiration for ‘reFashioning History’

Chicago designers talk inspiration for ‘reFashioning History’

The Evanston History Center has one of the largest costume collections in the state, totaling over…

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