Dress & Drinks: McCord Stewart Museum | Conversations on Dress | Costume Society of America

Join us as we speak with two curators from the McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal, Canada. Cynthia Cooper is Head of Collections and Research, as well as Curator of Dress, Fashion and Textiles. Alexis Walker is Associate Curator of Dress, Fashion and Textiles. Together they oversee the largest museum collection of Canadian dress, consisting of over 27,000 garments and accessories from the past three centuries, made or worn primarily in Montreal. In this presentation, they speak about the museum's WonderBra collection, tailor-made suits for ladies, as well as exhibitions about Montreal's Expo 67 and Parachute, a Montreal-born brand. Cynthia, who joined the McCord Stewart Museum team in 1998, holds an M.S. in Historic Costume and Textiles from the University of Rhode Island. She is a three-time recipient of the Richard Martin Exhibition Award from Costume Society of America, and her research centers dress and fashion that have become entangled with Canadian identity projects. Alexis holds both a B.F.A. in Textiles from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and an M.A. in Fashion and Textiles Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In addition to her curatorial work, Alexis is an embroidery and textile artist, and a former fashion designer and stylist. Did you enjoy this video? Please consider supporting our mission and our free webinar series by clicking here to make a contribution: https://csoa.memberclicks.net/contributions#/. Video mentioned