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Summer Anne Lee:
Summer Anne Lee is a Brooklyn-based fashion historian and social media content creator. Her greatest passion lies in making history accessible and using dress to tell stories about people and time.
Summer graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA in Communications and Media and has an MA in Fashion and Textile Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
She is currently an Adjunct Professor at Wagner College teaching the History of Costume and Fashion. She also works as a Social Media Coordinator with the New York Transit Museum and the Underpinnings Museum. Click here for more information about social media services.
Exhibitions
Select Published Writing
"Corsets For Men, Past and Present," Dark Garden Corsetry Blog
"Corset History V: Corsets in Postmodern Fashion,"Dark Garden Corsetry Blog
"Corset History IV: The Modern Corset," Dark Garden Corsetry Blog
"Corset History III: The 19th Century," Dark Garden Corsetry Blog
"Corset History II: Stays", Dark Garden Corsetry Blog
"Corset History I: The First Corsets", Dark Garden Corsetry Blog
"Norell: Flappers Back in Fashion," FIT Fashion History Timeline
"Vintage Glamour at the Met Gala," The Vintage Woman Magazine
"Good Mourning: Exploring Victorian Memorial Jewelry," The Vintage Woman Magazine
"Fall of the Empire: Romanticism Through Dresses," Enchanted Living Magazine
"Tell Me About It: Studs," The Vintage Woman Magazine
Garment Analysis of 1986 Dress by Patrick Kelly, FIT Fashion History Timeline
Garment Analysis of 1973 Dress by Stephen Burrows, FIT Fashion History Timeline
"An 18th Century Girl’s Dress," Girl Museum Blog
Garment Analysis of 1953 Wedding Dress by Ann Lowe for Jacqueline Kennedy, FIT Fashion History Timeline
"Where Cottagecore Meets Vintage," The Vintage Woman Magazine
"The History of Fashion for Getting Physical," The Vintage Woman Magazine
"Roaring & Swinging: Shared Fashionable Ideals Of Flappers And Mods," FIT Fashion History Timeline
"Vintage Loungewear Retrospective," The Vintage Woman Magazine
Garment analysis of 1840 Queen Victoria's Wedding Dress, FIT Fashion History Timeline
Garment analysis of 1898-1901 Green Silk Embroidered Tea Gown, FIT Fashion History Timeline
Artwork analysis of The Ditchley Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, FIT Fashion History Timeline
Events
'The Ruff Collar: Fashion History's Flashiest Neckwear' Webinar with the New York Adventure Club
NEXT LIVE EVENT: TBD
'The History of Red Lingerie: A Symbol of Lust' Webinar with the New York Adventure Club
NEXT LIVE EVENT: TBD
Academia
Costume Society of America
Annual Meeting and Symposium
(May 2021)
The Association of Dress Historians
"Fashioning the Body for Sport and Leisure” Conference
(October 2022)
Media
