From the Victoria and Albert Museum: "Textile Conservator Elizabeth-Anne Haldane describes the conservation work undertaken on an 8th-century Egyptian tunic – one of the exhibits to be displayed in the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries."
From the Victoria and Albert Museum: "The embroiderers at the Sankalan embroidery design and production house in Jaipur, Rajasthan, practise a variety of stitch techniques to embellish fabrics by hand. The V&A followed their work on a lehnga, a wedding skirt, from traced outline to finished product. Only by slowing the footage could the incredibly fast stitching of ari embroidery be captured, as professionals perform it so rapidly it is nearly impossible to see with the naked eye."
From the National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne: "From the 'little white dress’ in every woman's wardrobe to voluminous sleeves, bold necklines and romantic plaids and tartans, fashion of the long Regency era (1795-1820s) was as daring as it was demure. As part of Observations, US-based fashion historian and author Hilary Davidson explores the detail, craftspersonship and evolution of women’s fashion in the Regency era."
From Historic Royal Palaces: "In the 18th century, Mantua dresses were the height of court fashion. In this video, our experts discuss a rare and spectacular dress that dates from around 1756. It's 210cm in width, designed to show off how much expensive fabric the wearer could afford. Furthermore, the wider you were, the more likely it would be that you were seen. Few such Mantua dresses have survived from this period, making this a rare treasure within Historic Royal Palaces' collections."
From the Victoria and Albert Museum: "Step inside ballet history with this unboxing video of rare ballet costumes and ballet shoes worn by some of the most legendary dancers of the 20th century. Join curator of dance Jane Pritchard as she carefully unboxes and explores these historic ballet objects – from Margot Fonteyn’s costume from The Sleeping Beauty, designed by Oliver Messel in 1946, to a ballet shoe thought to have been worn by Anna Pavlova in the 1920s."
From the The Museum at the FIT: "In celebration of Black History Month 2026, this 3D virtual fashion exhibition presents 28 looks created by Professor Jennifer Lee, Ph.D. (Fashion Business Management, FIT) in consultation with Dr. Elizabeth Way (Museum at FIT). The exhibition brings together digital versions of traditional African ensembles from prestigious museum collections as well as contemporary looks from the collection of The Museum at FIT by fashion designers from eight African countries: Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, and South Africa."
From the Brooklyn Museum: "Solid Gold explores 6,000 years of gold in forms that express beauty, joy, ritual, and success. With over 500 gold objects ranging from fashion, jewelry, and luxury objects to painting, sculpture, and film, Solid Gold provides a 360-degree view of our millennia-long fascination and obsession with gold, while discussing the ramifications of its pursuit. Enjoy just a few of the highlights alongside Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture."
This past Thursday the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were revealed, and with it a new set of nominees for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. One of the five celebrated nominees this year was for Malgosia Turzanska and her costumes for the period historical drama, Hamnet. Join Joe Zee as part of Focus Features: Dressed series alongside Malgosia and film stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, as the discuss the film, which dramatizes the life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway, and the influences they used to bring the world of Shakespearean England to life.
From the City of Arlington, TX: "Step into Jane Austen’s world at the Arlington Museum of Art! Celebrating the author’s 250th birthday, this free exhibition features costumes and jewelry from Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Emma (2020). Dressed for the Drawing Room: Fashion in Jane Austen’s World is open now through March 22, 2026, at 1200 Ballpark Way in Arlington’s Entertainment District."
Designer Carolyn Schnurer believed that the story of a garment was woven directly into its threads. She made the textiles just as important as the design of the clothes.
From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston: "In rural Chinese villages today, women are creating dynamic patchwork textiles, as their mothers and grandmothers did before them. This art form, which evolved from ancient Buddhist and Daoist customs of monks dressing in patched rags to project a sense of humility, is rooted in practicality, with the fabrics serving as bed and window covers, door curtains, and children’s clothing. The vibrant abstract compositions demonstrate creativity and fine artistic sensibilities that flourish far beyond the borders of established Chinese art canons."
From the Museum at Texas Tech University: "Step into the elegance, drama, and timeless style of Downton Abbey™ with Dressing the Abbey, an enchanting exhibition featuring thirty-six original costumes worn by the stars of the critically acclaimed television series."
From the Victoria and Albert Museum: "Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 – 1973) pushed boundaries as a fashion designer, transforming functional items of clothing into unique style statements. Her evening suits embody the height of 1930s haute couture, owing to their intricate embellishments, luxurious textiles and severe tailoring. Her collaborations with Surrealist artists like Salvador Dali produced provocative, even shocking designs. Theatrical accessories such as the shoe-shaped hat, her ‘Tears’ dress patterned to look like torn flesh, and the uncanny ‘Skeleton’ dress complete with the dramatic outline of bones, represent Schiaparelli at her most radical."
From 60 Minutes: "Hermès artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas takes 60 Minutes into the fashion house’s workshops and shares what it takes to make their coveted handbags."
Today marks the release of Guillermo del Toro's reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The film is a feast for the eyes, featuring lavish set design, spectacular costumes designed by Kate Hawley, and iconic jewelry from Tiffany & Co. Jewelry is often seen as an extension of one's outfit, complimenting and enhancing a designer's look beyond what they imagined, and that's what Tiffany's jewelry does in this film. Using archival pieces from the collection, including ones dating back to the 1800s, watch and explore the film's use of these exquisite accessories both from a designer's and filmmaker's point of view.
From the Fashion and Textile Museum: "This exhibition is a celebration of sixty years of Cosprop’s creativity and a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of this celebrated costume house. Through stunning costumes, accessories and sketches, the visitor will learn the design and making process from script-to screen. Leading costume designers and actors will share their thoughts on favourite costumes, showing how Cosprop brought these magical moments to life."
From the Victoria and Albert Museum: "Join Senior Paper Conservator Susan Catcher as she conserves a fragile 200-year-old fan from the era of Marie Antoinette. Using specialist conservation techniques (plus plenty of patience and a porcupine quill!) Susan addresses the structural integrity of the fan – reinforcing the back and creating a hinge to allow it to open and close once again. She also re-adheres fiddly loose sequins, stabilises areas of wear, and subtly retouches the design using watercolour paint."
From the World of WearableArt: "At the 2025 World of WearableArt Show: RISE, we invited audiences to enter an imagined city teeming with creative energy. The WOW Show is a world-class arena spectacle seen by 60,000 people over three weeks in Wellington, New Zealand. The stage comes alive with works of wearable art, dancers, aerialists, captivating music, and awe-inspiring performance. Featuring 85 garments by 100 finalist designers from around the world, the 2025 section themes were Open, Avant-garde, Air, Aotearoa, Neon and Myths & Legends."
Sandy Powell is an Academy Award winning costume designer with three Oscars and fifteen nominations to her name. Her almost forty-year career has had her creating costumes for films such as Cinderella, The Aviator, and Mary Poppins Returns. Listen in as she takes us through her career and shares stories of the films she's worked on and more.
The finale to the Downton Abbey saga, appropriately titled Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, recently debuted in theaters and with it came a cavalcade of picture perfect period costumes to match. Join Joe Zee, host of Focus Features: Dressed series, as he speaks with stars Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, and costume designer Anna Robbins to chat about their outfits, the inspirations behind them, and the place they hold within the show and films legacy.