Slow Research: The Unfolding of a Lifetime Project

Relive the extravagance of costume balls and skating carnivals in the exhibition! Over 40 dazzling costumes for a unique experience → https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/exhibitions/costume-balls/ Cynthia Cooper explains revisits the findings that have helped her draw connections between garments and images from the collection over the decades. Cynthia, Head, Collections and Research and Curator, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, revisits the remarkable discoveries that have helped her draw connections between the collection’s garments and archival images documenting the practice of dressing up in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This slow research involves the kind of serendipity that comes from sitting with this material for decades! Videographer : Tomi Grgicevic © McCord Stewart Museum, 2025