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Oral History Of Professional Theater Beaders In New York City, Mary Lalon Alexander
Oral History Of Professional Theater Beaders In New York City, Mary Lalon Alexander
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A historic division between fine and mechanical arts led to a marginalization of certain art forms including textile beading and embroidery. Despite the opulence of beading and embroidery in theater costumes, there is limited documented history and scant scholarly literature about professional beading and the beaders who create the costumes. The aims of this study were to construct a history of professional theater beading in New York and to examine the oral histories of professional theater beaders. This qualitative oral history study included 12 participants who work in the professional beading industry. Open-ended interviews took place in New York City …
Experiences In Embroidery: Stories From The High Fashion Embroidery Industry, Theresa Christine Alexander
Experiences In Embroidery: Stories From The High Fashion Embroidery Industry, Theresa Christine Alexander
Theses & Dissertations
Fashion embroidery has been an integral part of high fashion since before King Louis XV of France in the 18th century. Upon the development of haute couture in France, a professional fashion embroidery industry arose to serve the needs of the new high fashion designers. Despite significance of professional embroidery in high fashion, there is little documentation of the history of the fashion embroidery industry. Particularly scarce is information about the professional embroiderers working in the industry. The purpose of this qualitative study was to capture the life stories of the people working in the modern fashion embroidery industry in …