Professional Experience – A Selection
- 2011 – Co-Curator; Art Institute of Chicago, Material Connections
- 2011 – Curator; Evanston Art Center, Dimensional Lines: Art + Dress
- 2006 to 2008 – Extreme Bodies; Managing a Costume Collection
- 2000 to present – Defining Contemporary Dress; History, Literature + Exhibition.
- 1999 to present – SAIC Adjunct Professor
- 1991 to present – The Shape of Fashion in the 20th + 21st Centuries
- 1989 to present – Metalsmith
- 1987 to present – Director SAIC* Fashion Resource Center
Lectures – A Selection
- 2011 – The Arts Club of Chicago; Rare Birds: Paul Poiret + Serge Diaghilev
- 2011 – Art Institute of Chicago Affiliates, North Shore; Chanel + The Art World
- 2010 – Highland Park Arts Center; Maximum Exposure; Man Ray + Fashion
- 2010 – Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art institute of Chicago; Soundsuits – Nick Cave in Dance
- 2010 – Costume Colloquium II, Florence Italy: Dress for Dance; Soundsuits – Nick Cave in Dance
- 2009 – The Arts Club of Chicago; Maximum Exposure: Man Ray in Fashion
- 2008 – Alliance Francaise; Chicago Yves St Laurent
- 2008 – Costume Colloquium Florence Italy; Scattered Remnants in the Present
- 2007 – The Art Institute of Chicago Man Ray; Maximum Exposure
- 2006 – The Art Institute of Chicago Fashion Passes, Style Remains; Chanel
- 2006 – The Arts Club of Chicago Material Tracings; Vionnet + James
- 2006 – Costume Society of America Annual Symposium Fiercely Independent; Clothes Closets in an Art School
- 2006 – The Arts Club of Chicago Shocking is Always in Style; Elsa Schiaparelli
- 2006 – Illinois Institute of Technology A New Beauty + Functionality: American Fashion Designers
- 2004 – The Arts Club of Chicago Americans Ascending
- 2004 – Museum of Contemporary Art Lecture Series Seamless
- 2001 – Costume Society of America Region III + IV Annual Symposium Steele Will: Lawrence Steele Under Surveillance
- 1999 – Field Museum The Glory of Couture
Publications
- 2011 – Dimensional Lines– Art + Dress; Evanston Art Center- Exhibition Publication
- 2009 – Fashion Theory Four Lines; Cave, Gabier, Loh + Schnabl, Chicago Cultural Center review
- 2007 – Society for Contemporary Craft – Exhibition Publication – Beneath the Surfaces-Nick Cave
- 2004 – Italian Designers – Fashion Encyclopedia Charles Scribner’s Sons
- 2004 – In Praise of Vanity – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago – Exhibition Publication – Skin Tight
- 2002 – Dress magazine – review – Reconstructing Italian Fashion
- 2000 – Dress magazine – review – Versace New York + Versace Como
- 1996 – Dress magazine – review – Dior
- 1995 – Dress magazine – review – Infra-Apparel
- 1990 – Contemporary Designers St. James Press, Prada and Cinzia Ruggeri
- 1984 – Contemporary Designers St. James Press, Albini, Biagiotti, Fendi, Missoni, Valentino
SAIC* Activities
- Travel co-coordinator and instructor:
- 2002 – Belgium + Holland
- 1999 – Paris, London + Milan
- 1990 – Italy
- 1986 – England
- 1985 – Italy
- 1984 – Japan
- 1980 – Italy
- 1999 to 1981 – Student Intership liason. Prenatal, Raggazeria + Intimo Tre, clothing companies Milan, Italy
- 1997, 1996 – Founding member – Part Time Faculty Advisory Committee
- 1987 – Beijing Academy of Arts – Accessory Design
Education
- 1965 to 1969 – Apprentice – Elvira Del Rosso Textiles, Milan Italy
- 1965 to 1966 – Academia di Belle Arti, Florence Italy
- 1963 to 1965 – Moore College of Art, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Affiliations
- 1997 to 2001 – Costume Society of America Region III + IV Treasurer
- 1985 to present – Costume Society of America
* School of the Art Institute of Chicago