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historical costume projects & resources

Okay, WOW. Just came across the online exhibition From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and the Tirocchi Dressmakers’ Shop, 1915-1947 at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design). A. & L. Tirocchi, Gowns, was a prominent dressmakers’ shop in Providence, R.I. run by Laura Tirocchi Cella and Anna Tirocchi. This site is AMAZING. There are numerous color photos of extant garments and fabrics from the shop, PLUS information on the house, owners, clients, AND databases which record employees and clients, transcripts of correspondence, transactions from their ledgers, clients’ measurements, and much much more. I am so impressed — THIS is the way to do an online exhibition.

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