About this collection
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- Clevelanders travel the world to sightsee, shop, and work directly with Parisian designers. Back at home, boutiques and department stores offer the latest French fashions. Cultural venues such as the Euclid Avenue Opera House, Severance Hall, and Playhouse Square provide the perfect setting to see and be seen, in Parisian style.
- Victor Bruno Contini was an Italian born artist who immigrated to Cleveland where he lived in Little Italy and was offered a scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art, but was drafted before he could attend. The gift of over 40 works includes student work and scenes from his service in Texas and the Pacific theater. He was killed in the battle of Saipan in 1944.
- Wow Factor, 150 Years of Collecting Bold Clothes showcases gems of the Western Reserve Historical Society’s costume collection, on display in the Chisholm Halle Costume Wing. “Wow factor” is clothing’s ability to inspire feelings of wonder and awe. These emotions are triggered by beauty, craftsmanship, rarity, and humor. Through delicate textiles, bold color, a surprising silhouette, and glittering sequins, each of these qualities entices the viewer and empowers the wearer. It takes bold people to wear these clothes. Although the collection contains menswear and children’s clothing, Wow Factor highlights women, so often left out by the historical record. This collection celebrates women who are immigrants, scholars, travelers, artists, designers, philanthropists, and CEOs. They are Jewish, Jordanian, Japanese, African American, and transgender. Above all, they are Clevelanders.
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