Curator-on-the-ground supporting curator Dr. Michelle Tolini Finamore’s project at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Running from September 10, 2022 through January 30, 2023, Dr. Finamore’s exhibition expands American fashion history by centering the global impacts made by minoritized fashion designers, including BIPOC, immigrant, queer, and women designers.

For more, visit the show’s information page.

Press

• “Critical Mass: ‘Fashioning America at Crystal Bridges shows us what clothes mattered, and when — a dream journey for style fans.” The Way We Wore by Phillip Martin and Karen Martin. Arkansas Democrat Gazette. October 2, 2022.
• “‘Fashioning America’ brings ‘grit,’ ‘glamour’ to Crystal Bridges.” April Wallace. Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. September 25, 2022.
• “A first look at ‘Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour.” Aldo Araujo. CFDA. September 9, 2022.
• “‘Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour’ is the first fashion exhibition to be presented by Crystal Bridges.” Laird Borrelli-Persson. September 9, 2022.
• Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour mentioned in “CFDA joins forces with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.” CFDA. July 7, 2022.
• “‘Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour’ Exhibition to Bow in Bentonville.” Rebecca Kleinman. Women’s Wear Daily. July 6, 2022.
• “Crystal Bridges to debut first fashion exhibition.” Jacob Smith. Northwest Arkansas News. July 6, 2022.
• “Crystal Bridges Explores Diverse Origins and Future of American Fashion in Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour.” Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Blog. July 6, 2022.
• “Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Fashioning America.” The University of Arkansas Press. April 12, 2022.