https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/recent-projects daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/recent-projects/worth-and-bobergh monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613864387464-MECDI1WTGI8JBXD7PWE6/Worth%2BPaletot%2BLabel%2B%2528C%2529%2BFIDM%2BMuseum.jpg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle Stamp on the petersham of a circa 1866-1868 jacket. Photo: Brian Davis, courtesy FIDM Museum & Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613865905055-FV9RQFLIYTXIP7X2PWOC/Worth%2BPaletot%2BSleeve%2BHidden%2BBow.jpg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle Having examined the ensemble in early 2020, I spent the following year producing detailed scale drawings of all the ensemble’s components, researching fashion illustrations and comparable garments in other collections, and devising a treatment plan. This was the basis of my masters thesis at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and I began the hands-on work in July 2021, as the FIDM Museum’s Conservation Fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613866003096-04RYDA42QB9KYNF7O23J/Worth+Day+Bodice+Interior.jpg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613865998963-3LX9ZVLI17Y39XRLB5YM/Worth+Scale+Drawing+Day+Bodice.jpg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613866000549-7Z92ZL75OGFOETDZ406K/Worth+Scale+Drawing+Paletot.jpg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613866261480-LORW2IH184OEXAGJG3V0/Worth%2BScale%2BDrawings%2Bin%2BProcess.jpg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/9d98793f-ac58-422d-a100-4d4b20124653/Figure+11.jpeg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1670688473637-XXZIMO16EMCZP3929J0P/Figure+10+%281%29.jpeg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle - Test fitting the prop underbodice, constructed of silk habotai for a smooth fit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1670688424591-H1WN112RZTX8N6ESGOK8/Figure+13.jpeg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle - Reconstructed silk organza trim (left), alongside the original trim used on the paletot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1670688734802-O78QI6JSH6Q7ZNIV4YKD/Figure+9.jpeg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle - Encapsulating the skirt's abraded hem with nylon net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1670688912427-K3MULVQ2C54CURTCE3BS/Figure%2B8.jpg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle - Ribbon stitched to the skirt's inner waistband, to relieve stress on the original closure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/ebd56071-0388-48fe-a5d3-27097594f501/Figure+15.jpeg Recent Projects - A Sartorial Puzzle - The full day ensemble was dressed for photography on a custom padded Kyoto Costume Institute mannequin. Contemporaneous shoes from the museum’s permanent collection were included to complete the fashionable image. Ultimately this ensemble, including the paletot, will be featured in an exhibition foregrounding the treatment process, as part of the FIDM Museum’s ongoing effort to advocate for the field of fashion conservation. Photo: Brian Davis, courtesy FIDM Museum & Library https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/recent-projects/designer-collaboration monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613610388653-XA46H5WFY6YIJVUGYHV8/Dog+Purse+2.jpg Recent Projects - Designer Collaboration This “dog purse” is a recreation and reinterpretation of an earlier work by jewelry designer Daniel Jocz, which was made for a retrospective exhibition at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. Jocz sourced a dog mannequin, which I used to drape a new “garment” in muslin. Together we devised a new surface design, which I transferred from colored tissue paper to create a patchwork pattern. Meanwhile Jocz refined the design of the the two-piece handle, which was fabricated in aluminum with a magnetic closure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1774646822570-GJC0ODDSCIK1AL5EWYK4/IMG_20200812_161704_01.jpg Recent Projects - Designer Collaboration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1774646400652-S955LNNFGPG2FXCVD3BA/20200925_124506.jpg Recent Projects - Designer Collaboration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613611232490-BM515RSVD5LG8QTJJS0L/Dog%2BPurse%2B4.jpg Recent Projects - Designer Collaboration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613611457349-WQ7BK2EVYQCUN204979I/Dog%2BPurse%2B5.jpg Recent Projects - Designer Collaboration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1670686302988-MXI7S58J8AXUG2321U3Q/20210225_180751.jpeg Recent Projects - Designer Collaboration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/4d14c02f-bda5-4824-9b91-a5157670fda5/20220312_112218.jpeg Recent Projects - Designer Collaboration - The final design was assembled in brightly dyed leather using nylon thread. Snap plackets at the rear allow the purse to be easily taken on and off the mannequin for display. https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation daily 0.75 2022-12-10 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/ensemble-by-worth-amp-bobergh-c-1866-1868 monthly 0.5 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1670690123965-LAGVYD7UE3KQICLU0EAI/Figure%2B1.jpg Conservation - Ensemble by Worth & Bobergh, c. 1866-1868 - Detached sleeves of the paletot jacket, pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1670690167779-OZMPIIKMPUKZWIUYYBK3/Figure%2B14.jpg Conservation - Ensemble by Worth & Bobergh, c. 1866-1868 - Full day ensemble, post-treatment https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/shoes-1916-1923 monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611979177784-69Z5X34XRUXL6YMLVD2A/Shoes_pretreatment.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611979057332-D7SRFWZFH88KL7FNPML0/Shoes_posttreatment.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612121048756-0LPA89I9DK3EHHI36G16/Shoes_breakage.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Breakage at the proper left heel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612121188132-TXQ64CP5MP2LJXQPLJKS/Shoes_WeaveMagnification.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Magnification of the brocading https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612121214004-I0PTHPHJTQSKEX7CGNID/Shoes_packing.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Packing for transport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612121636839-QNUFMEHYZGAJFZI8IGLM/Shoes_left-posttreatment.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Left shoe post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612121716269-CMEMA7A9RJZ3J2JMNGZG/Shoes_left-posttreatment.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Laid-and-couched stitching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612121923959-JC3ISKYUYLKQIV9PUYD0/Shoes_heels-posttreatment.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Heels post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612122361949-EG2A8URCMGHRZNFQVXVV/Shoes_onsupport.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Carved support https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612122560274-NLCXXLJLGIJN9XPXGWOJ/Shoes_support1.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Tray for storage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612122611776-NVAH09Y9V4N23NNBB6BQ/Shoes_support2.jpg Conservation - Evening shoes, c. 1916-1923 - Twill tape for lifting https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/pelisse-1810-1815 monthly 0.5 2021-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611983382594-T5JQKF1DFINT8FNWBX4Q/Pelisse_pretreatment.jpg Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Front view, before mounting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611983211983-GC90ZN1202V0O9B7HVZA/Pelisse_front-3-4-view.jpg Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Front view, after mounting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612124336206-OWIXBN217GMPTLH49U6J/Pelisse_fashionplate.jpg Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Plate from Ackermann's Repository, 1816 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612123573714-3G9C8DTTIBTHFX451VP3/Pelisse_back-3-4-view.JPG Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Rear view of mannequin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612123823672-6D6ZG7H3CXGC7PAPTD7E/Pelisse_fashionplate2.jpg Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Plate from Ackermann's Repository, 1819 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612125069676-P8WFPV4263UU7UPH80PK/Pelisse_fashionplate3.jpg Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Plate from the Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1817 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612124941587-KOM4JS1EGGELBWAUF683/Pelisse_hair.jpg Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Paper hair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612124997519-ACTV0CJX9PXW4QQSLY3V/Pellsse_prop-purse.jpg Conservation - Pelisse, c. 1810-1815 - Prop gloves and purse https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/embroidered-framed-textile-20th-century monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612128456614-KIVAGE0UDHRIAJYYEO8R/EmbroideredTextile_pretreatment.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612128369652-9WYW94RJ00837NCUNJ7R/EmbroideredTextile_posttreatment.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612129598473-EGA781C9UEFPS9W1SPOE/EmbroideredTextile_humidificationenvelope.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Envelope for vapor application of acetone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612130040691-252WBANG5M24LVUUY5ZO/EmbroideredTextile_peeling.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Peeling away the backing board, upper right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612129728426-5IDQ409H39W5FLPBJCXI/EmbroideredTextile_swabs.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Cotton swabs used to remove adhesive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612130261105-YH0EHSJJ9G65ZGRS9GP0/EmbroideredTextile_remountingmid.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Textile stitched to support muslin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612130481569-6DW8IRME3RVA7VSF1OA3/EmbroideredTextile_remountingbefore.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Support muslin pinned to backing board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612130386162-AYG8G1RC3FFCNAM76Y3R/EmbroideredTextile_remountingafter.jpg Conservation - Embroidered, framed textile, late 20th century - Remounted textile placed in the frame https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/dress-1920s-1930s monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613778806176-EYVXUJEB28HNMJ9G2718/1920s30sDress_pretreatment.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613778803818-RVHMSP6EBY3OX8JWYRZJ/1920s30sDress_posttreatment-Meyer.png Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613779479698-AHJ7QVIBQFQZCP8WYR28/1920s30sDress_first%2Bwater%2Bbath.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - The dress on a Reemay sling, about to be submerged in its first bath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613780406013-7WTNAYO1NA4OSIGXEYRP/1920s30sDress_Orvus+bath.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - The second bath, with Orvus detergent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613781311977-E15EIKL5YZCZC6DHSZMC/1920s30sDress_adhesivebefore.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Tear at side seam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613781348714-XW193FC5ROMMT1STYI25/1920s30sDress_adhesiveafter.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Tear stabilized with adhesive-coated crepeline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613781772105-7XQYZDDRJ5OHDLQLIYD9/1920s30sDress_comparanda.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Tea dress, early 1930s (private collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613781752803-ZDC70M2E9SRPJIOM71BH/1920s30sDress_Lining%2BFront%2BScale%2BPattern.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - 1/8"-scale pattern for the new lower lining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613782467870-4IDQTFU5U3RKH8DUQXRF/1920s30sDress_liningdetail.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Matching the finishing of the lining above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613782579206-YTUEM1XK6KLKDYG99OS7/1920s30sDress_fragmentary%2Blining.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Lining pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613782532052-YGMMNW9HNYPT33DBZRP0/1920s30sDress_newlining.jpg Conservation - Dress, late 1920s-early 1930s - Lining post-treatment https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/placemat-19th-20th-century monthly 0.5 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611977965886-KOJ0F74JBUASSRDRHSEV/Placemat_pretreatment.jpg Conservation - Placemat, late 19th-early 20th century - Pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611978320138-GLX4CJ3EALQS7N2HI9GJ/Placemat_posttreatment.jpg Conservation - Placemat, late 19th-early 20th century - Post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613503257407-T6776IDTJ24GYVVCE1FX/Bleaching%2BEnvelope.jpg Conservation - Placemat, late 19th-early 20th century - The placemat in its polyethylene envelope, used to trap emergent oxygen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613503709745-YB5KTB08T8QLZ9IV404C/Bleaching%2BPinhole%2BBefore.jpg Conservation - Placemat, late 19th-early 20th century - Lower left corner, pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613503466124-AP2CZ8A80FX2BM3D0A57/Bleaching%252BPinhole%252BAfter.jpg Conservation - Placemat, late 19th-early 20th century - Lower left corner, post-treatment, with no apparent pinhole https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/childs-dress-1920-1929 monthly 0.5 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614800907144-8F9TMIWW1APND86TSTKK/20190206_145108_front%252Bfull%252Bview.jpg Conservation - Child’s dress, c. 1920-1929 - Pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614800756761-L03HQ32TR4PIW27C0KSV/20190324_212221_dress+front+full.jpg Conservation - Child’s dress, c. 1920-1929 - Post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614805751832-WV2PKGXVJJ1H2KWOVCAU/20190305_2015000_first+bath.jpg Conservation - Child’s dress, c. 1920-1929 - Lifting the dress from the bath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614806068092-HYYF8D4H9131F9WEEASR/20190305_212502_wet+dress+detail.jpg Conservation - Child’s dress, c. 1920-1929 - Reemay inserted for increased airflow while drying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614806646563-067G7ANQQRLM0TKI1L7N/Fashion+GIF-downsized_large.gif Conservation - Child’s dress, c. 1920-1929 - Preparing the dress for compact storage https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/childs-dress-1920-1929-3xdx7 monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613590937613-JKHQLNTSZXQYHQ98KX81/1929-49%2BBonnet_pretreatment.jpg Conservation - Child’s bonnet, c. 1929-1949 - Pre-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613591017814-M2L42Y23IB355GYZ2VMG/1929-49%2BBonnet_posttreatmentfront.jpg Conservation - Child’s bonnet, c. 1929-1949 - Post-treatment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613591205835-X76A2GU0WTEB24JLTZ1U/1929-49%2BBonnet_boxfromabove.jpg Conservation - Child’s bonnet, c. 1929-1949 - Bird's eye view into the storage box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613591281310-9BCSZAGUVXG1RFQ126AH/1929-49%2BBonnet_dropfront.jpg Conservation - Child’s bonnet, c. 1929-1949 - Drop front https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1613591348147-EF0MEM2TEFMOXOVOOCGO/1929-49%2BBonnet_posttreatmentback.jpg Conservation - Child’s bonnet, c. 1929-1949 - Tube supports for ribbon ties, secured to the tray with twill tape https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Adhesive+Treatment monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Wet+Cleaning monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Mountmaking monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Reproduction monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Storage monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Packing+and+Transport monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Stabilization monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Stitch+Treatment monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/category/Humidification monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/humidification monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/stabilization monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/adhesives monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/bleaching monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/compensation+for+loss monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/solvents monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/storage monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/stitching monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/mount+making monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/wet+cleaning monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/conservation/tag/packing+and+transport monthly 0.5 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/home daily 1.0 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614812253105-GCWQC1KG5SR38BZKF8RZ/kirstin_purtich.jpg Kirstin Purtich | Fashion / Conservation / Exhibitions - Kirstin Purtich is a collections and exhibition consultant based in Brooklyn, NY, specializing in textiles and fashion. She is currently Research Assistant for Textiles at the Brooklyn Museum, following work as a registrar for Collector Systems and as an account manager at Garde Robe by UOVO. From 2020 to 2021 she was a Conservation Fellow at Los Angeles’ FIDM Museum, where she prepared a circa 1866-1868 Worth & Bobergh ensemble for an upcoming exhibition. She has also contributed to exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Bard Graduate Center Gallery, The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, the Museum at FIT, and The Textile Museum. From 2016 to 2019 she was part of the curatorial team at the American Federation of Arts, where she organized traveling exhibitions of fashion, architecture, and design, including Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 and Designing the New: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style. She has written essays for several exhibition catalogues, including A Tale of Today: Yinka Shonibare CBE (2019) and Artek and the Aaltos: Designing a Modern World (2016). She holds an MA in Fashion & Textile Studies (with a concentration in conservation) from the Fashion Institute of Technology; an MA in Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture from the Bard Graduate Center; and a BA in History of Art & Architecture from Brown University. When she is not researching, writing, or performing conservation treatments, she can be found painting, drawing, marbling paper, dyeing fabric, or designing and making clothes. ______________________ To inquire about treatments, designs, or other projects, please email kpurtich@gmail.com Download CV here https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/skills daily 0.75 2021-03-03 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/skills/weaving monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/e1988d84-65f5-48af-b8e0-47030b84f14d/Ikat.JPG Skills - Weaving Warp painting on an 8-harness floor loom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/c7c81fd9-c8da-42d0-aae5-771564b8cbe7/Pillow+Detail.jpg Skills - Weaving Sampler made on an 8-harness floor loom at the Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614972859733-477SDPWLGORDENWSDFY5/Pillow.jpg Skills - Weaving Sampler sewn into a pillowcase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1614987003232-2RVK2P9226Y2OL67365S/Tapestry.jpg Skills - Weaving Tapestry made with fabric scraps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/47ef56f8-7974-4930-8631-ec53f1a7aa33/Tapestry+in+Progress.jpg Skills - Weaving Tapestry in progress https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/skills/fashion monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1618327041643-PXE9NKD0ALK7KWXUBQUF/Plaid%2BDress%2B3.jpg Skills - Fashion Surplice dress in plaid cotton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1618327080229-H3D4P8HQ9YNGKU4RLQ5P/Plaid%2BDress%2B2.jpg Skills - Fashion Surplice dress in plaid cotton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612046899946-XC8BJ9SDX8Z8B9QKNHZF/170610_Wedding_JulieMarc_Portraits_SELECTS-005.jpg Skills - Fashion Wedding ensemble in silk/rayon | Custom design developed with the bride | Photo: Saskia Kahn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612046903968-6GLQ7L16XA5LRONG5RAN/170610_Wedding_JulieMarc_Portraits_SELECTS-033.jpg Skills - 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Fashion Blazer in moiré faille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1618327334302-836NJOEW7VPTR7POBEB8/Mint%2BBlazer%2B2.jpg Skills - Fashion Blazer in moiré faille with upcycled zipper trim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1618327381632-DCSV0OL7K84A2OV7TGKS/Plaid%2BPants%2B1.jpg Skills - Fashion High-waisted trousers in tartan wool https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/skills/dyeing monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612051507727-0QQQDD9MB19OOLCSUD3R/Tie+Dye+on+White.JPG Skills - Dyeing Shibori (tie dye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/e721fd96-0c82-4461-b79e-192d6a48af29/Snow+Dye+1.jpg Skills - Dyeing Ice-dyeing, or using snow as a resist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612051507164-8GLFWNH7123WGRWCRE0C/Purple+Tie+Dye.jpg Skills - Dyeing Custom blended Procion MX dye on white cotton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/e8be89ef-414c-4ef6-886b-66277c6e707c/Ice+Dye+2.gif Skills - Dyeing Melting the snow and dispersing the dye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/5d4a9608-1d5c-4577-b27e-3f1116705629/Ice+Dye+and+Overdye+Detail.jpg Skills - Dyeing White cotton ice-dyed with red and blue, then overdyed with blue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612051509534-101WQT6M1YUFTYLCO205/Tie+Dye+on+Stripe.jpg Skills - Dyeing Jet black Procion MX dye on grey/white striped cotton/linen, overdyed in blue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/9b18afa1-8413-4b75-b8c1-08cb8269a9dd/Ice+Dye+3.jpg Skills - Dyeing White cotton ice-dyed with blue and red Procion MX powders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/f103c6b0-39e3-4d2b-b894-d3219f557c39/Discharge+from+Ice+Dye.jpg Skills - Dyeing White cotton ice-dyed, overdyed, then discharge tie-dyed with chlorine bleach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612051479373-VR97KN1HT3MYUNO1K60N/Discharge+from+Blue+Slub.jpg Skills - Dyeing Blue slubbed cotton, discharged with chlorine bleach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612051478000-QUTCRT8TSIIQGUZPVLYE/Discharge+Tie+Dye.JPG Skills - Dyeing Discharge dyeing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612051478390-NXUKAT7YP2QVOQY5MFKJ/Discharge+from+Green.jpg Skills - Dyeing Emerald green cotton, discharged with chlorine bleach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612051472981-FBFBRE2ZXD1D7Y8UV7WU/Discharge+from+Black.jpg Skills - Dyeing Black cotton, discharged with chlorine bleach https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/skills/painting monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611950785874-IYN1ODLLG97XO9QIMTOC/91668E83-EC77-4116-A624-048DB9328AB9.jpg Skills - Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611950823573-2XI8OTITL18XFWREMO7L/73575AF2-236F-4FF2-B2CE-B417EAC7C468.jpg Skills - 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Painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1611951427437-LJBCO17C21WMA3MFDVAI/6E056993-985D-4949-B618-D12612760324.jpeg Skills - Painting Terracotta planters hand painted with acrylic, in patterns inspired by Nathalie du Pasquier’s Memphis Group textile designs https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/research-and-writing daily 0.75 2025-03-04 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/research-and-writing/cv monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/3ab1e9fc-95d4-4da4-92dd-344b4fc7cbe3/Kirstin+Purtich+CV+March+2025_page+1.jpg Research & Writing - CV https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/research-and-writing/exhibitions monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612138115132-V8WHTKSV2VZ3L94K987K/1930sMotorcycling_FIDMSanderson.jpg Research & Writing - Exhibitions - Sporting Fashion Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 FIDM Museum + tour venues, 2021-2024 This traveling exhibition, drawn from the collections of the FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles, will explore the evolution of women’s sporting attire over 160 years of Western fashion. As the curatorial associate for the tour, my main task was to book museum venues across the United States, including The Frick Pittsburgh, Dixon Gallery & Gardens (Memphis, TN), and Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (Utica, NY). I also worked closely with the FIDM Museum curators to determine which of the over 100 ensembles slated to be shown in their own presentation would be most amenable for travel and extended display. To support production of the accompanying catalogue, I edited text, advised on images, coordinated with the publisher (Prestel), and secured Serena Williams to write a foreword that would bring the themes of the project into the present day. 1930s motorcycling ensemble, FIDM Museum, courtesy American Federation of Arts. Photo: Brian Sanderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612139335861-G46TX6XKGSNB4CEH4RUS/Eleanor+Lambert+Exhibition+View+%28C%29+MFIT.png Research & Writing - Exhibitions - Eleanor Lambert Empress of Seventh Avenue Gallery FIT, 2020 Celebrating the 75-year career of Eleanor Lambert (1903-2003), this exhibition showcased the “original” fashion publicist’s tireless advocacy for American designers and the New York fashion industry. As one of two graphic designers on the exhibition team, I designed text panels, object labels, and vinyl elements for the gallery, including a custom “lipstick line” inspired by Lambert’s favorite shades. This graphic identity was adapted for use on the exhibition website, for which I developed a site map and coordinated asset delivery with the museum’s digital team. Similarly, I worked with an outside designer to coordinate design and production of an accompanying publication. Exhibition view © Museum at FIT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60139182e2092034c1beaa4e/1612140730850-W054YRH9O2U0612GQXIC/ArtekExhibitionView+%28C%29+BGC.jpeg Research & Writing - Exhibitions - Artek and the Aaltos Creating a Modern World Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 2016 This exhibition was the first in the United States to examine Artek, a pioneering Finnish design company founded in 1935, and the first to have a specific focus on the two architect co-founders, Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) and Aino Marsio-Aalto (1894–1949). As curatorial assistant—then assistant curator—for the project, I drafted loan requests, liaised with private and institutional lenders, and wrote didactic and related texts. Working closely with the curator and exhibition designer, I coordinated object lists and digital assets and designed guides for in-gallery photo reproductions that brought Artek interiors to life. For the accompanying catalogue, I conducted and arranged research and translation of both catalogue texts and archival documents in Finnish, Swedish, German, and French. I also coordinated text delivery, editing, and image selection among the book’s many contributors and book designer Irma Boom. Finally, I developed content for two digital flipbooks: one of Aino Marsio-Aalto’s 1921 travel sketchbook and the other of her later diary. Exhibition view © Bard Graduate Center Gallery https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/research-and-writing/conferences-and-talks monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://www.kirstinpurtich.com/research-and-writing/publications monthly 0.5 2021-03-03