New visitor engagement coordinator joins the Avenir Museum
The CSU Avenir Museum and the Department of Design and Merchandising are very happy to introduce Douglas Andrews as the newest member of the Avenir team.
The CSU Avenir Museum and the Department of Design and Merchandising are very happy to introduce Douglas Andrews as the newest member of the Avenir team.
Kristina Aaronson’s Grecian wedding dress is part of the New Threads exhibition on view at the CSU Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising in the Lucile E. Hawks Gallery.
The Avenir Museum has the world's largest collection of garments, original pattern pieces, and memorabilia from famous designer Richard Blackwell. Now, the Avenir Museum and the Department of Design and Merchandising are using 2D and 3D digital technologies to ensure the collection is preserved for generations to come.
Colorado State University Ph.D. student Kate Schmidt wants to make fashionable, functional winter sports clothing for women. She absolutely would love to see her Girl Powder collection – a portfolio of 11 skiing looks that comprises one of three exhibits at the Avenir Museum – all over the slopes of Colorado and beyond.
Yufna Soldier Wolf will share her experience successfully repatriating three Northern Arapaho children from the Carlisle Indian School, the United States’ oldest and largest residential school.
Yufna Soldier Wolf will share her experience successfully repatriating three Northern Arapaho children from the Carlisle Indian School, the United States’ oldest and largest residential school.
During the 1960s the United States witnessed a meteoric rise in the popularity of outdoor recreation pursuits such as backpacking, mountaineering, and winter sports. However, these “performance products” were highly expensive, allowing Dale Johnson to recognize a niche in the market and provide outdoor gear at an accessible price point.
The CSU Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising is very pleased to announce the Fall 2021 formation of its inaugural Advisory Council to help provide guidance, support, and assistance to the museum in fulfilling its mission on behalf of CSU.
The Avenir Museum welcomed 20 middle school students on June 15 and 17 for the 2021 session of Fashion FUNdamentals, a two-week STEM-based sponsored by the Department of Design and Merchandising.
Greece is not usually a place that comes to mind when one is thinking of the fashion capitals of the world; Paris, Milan, New York, certainly, but Greece? This dramatic green evening dress is an example from Greece's small but thriving fashion scene.