Stella Blum (1916–1985)
Author of Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898
About the Author
Works by Stella Blum
Everyday Fashions of the Twenties as Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs (1981) 204 copies, 1 review
Fashions and Costumes from Godey's Lady's Book: Including 8 Plates in Full Color (1985) 173 copies, 1 review
Eighteenth-Century French Fashions in Full Color: 64 Engravings from the "Galerie des Modes," 1778-1787 (1982) 110 copies
Paris Fashions of the 1890s: A Picture Sourcebook with 350 Designs, Including 24 in Full Color (1984) 60 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
Ackermann's Costume Plates: Women's Fashions in England, 1818-1828 (1978) — Editor — 128 copies, 3 reviews
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1916-10-19
- Date of death
- 1985-07-31
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Syracuse University
- Occupations
- fashion historian
museum curator
teacher
writer - Organizations
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute
Costume Society of America (founding member) - Short biography
- Stella Blum was affiliated for many years with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute and became its curator in 1975. She graduated from Syracuse University and in 1940 joined the Museum of Costume Art in New York, three years after it was established by Irene Lewisohn and Aline Bernstein as the first museum devoted exclusively to costume. (Until then, museums collected costumes mainly for the sake of their fabrics.) Stella Blum was an educator, writer, scholar, international lecturer, and founding member and Fellow of the Costume Society of America (CSA). The Stella Blum Grant was established by the CSA after her death in 1985 and was first awarded in 1987.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Schenectady, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Kent, Ohio, USA
- Place of death
- Ravenna, Ohio, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Ohio, USA
Members
Reviews
This book, part of a series, excerpts pages from Sears catalogs year by year, showing the evolution of fashion for women, men, and children. My only wish is that there was more content. The pictures are fascinating, the revelations intriguing--I sure didn't expect Buck Rogers watches being marketed in 1935!
Everyday Fashions of the Twenties: As Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs (Dover Fashion and Costumes) by Stella Blum
This is an interesting collection of excerpted catalog pages from the 1920s, depicting the blatant fashion evolution over the decade as skirt hemlines rose with each progressive year. There were a few frustrating points, though. I wish the book had at least some color pages. There are several pages where the original text says that a full description about the outfits is on the next pages, but that information isn't included; as a writer, I wish I had that info to know more about the cloth show more and other elements. One page that did have more text descriptions was poorly edited to fit on the page, cutting off text along the entire edge and rendering paragraphs as nonsensical.
Still, it's a good resource and one that I will keep around. show less
Still, it's a good resource and one that I will keep around. show less
A dreamy collaboration between the legendary DV and Penn, a duo who had worked together in the world of magazines. The challenge is great, making compelling illustrative photographs of clothes on static mannequins. Of course, Penn triumphs. This was Mrs. Vreeland's best photographic commission during her tenure at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute for an important exhibition that was restaged at the Kyoto Costume Institute afterwards.
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898 (Dover Fashion and Costumes) by Stella Blum
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898
by Stella Blum (Editor)
Be careful with this book if you want to see what was British Victorian fashion of the period. This is American fashion of the era. There were considerable differences in materials and trims used.
A good solid book for research and costume designers.
Excellent drawings.
Until I can have a private star rating for my own personal use - I do not agree with the Amazon methods of apply our readers' star ratings show more to an author's rating, which can affect their sales - I will not add a star rating. show less
by Stella Blum (Editor)
Be careful with this book if you want to see what was British Victorian fashion of the period. This is American fashion of the era. There were considerable differences in materials and trims used.
A good solid book for research and costume designers.
Excellent drawings.
Until I can have a private star rating for my own personal use - I do not agree with the Amazon methods of apply our readers' star ratings show more to an author's rating, which can affect their sales - I will not add a star rating. show less
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- Rating
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