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Quote by Valerie Steele

“Fashion museums think the more you know about the significance of clothes culturally, the more interesting they are. We certainly don't neglect the aesthetic aspects of clothes. But, I feel that what sets us apart from social, economic, and even aesthetic, or art historical context is that we are not only talking about clothes as kind of art objects created by an artist designer, but also we're talking about the various meanings that clothes have in the world, and how that changes and how we kind of create meanings around clothes.”

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Valerie Steele

Valerie Steele is a renowned historian known for her research on fashion history, particularly in the areas of 19th and 20th-century women's fashion. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has held teaching positions at various academic institutions and museums, including the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. more

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