{"id":62,"date":"2026-01-13T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:39:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Blank Canvas: 1920s&nbsp;Fashion<\/em>&nbsp;explores how the chemise silhouette&nbsp;offered limitless creative possibilities for conveying the 1920s zeitgeist. Described as tubular or vertical, the chemise hangs straight from the shoulders,&nbsp;generally fitting&nbsp;loosely, with occasional decorative emphasis at the hips. It&nbsp;emerged&nbsp;as armor for&nbsp;the new modern woman, providing a platform to communicate their identity and ideals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition&nbsp;showcases&nbsp;more than&nbsp;60 garments from the&nbsp;1920s&nbsp;drawn&nbsp;from the Fashion and Textile Collection in the Fashion and Apparel Studies Department, along with digital twins,&nbsp;virtual reproductions of selected fragile garments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to&nbsp;the restrictive Edwardian styles of the early 1910s, the chemise&nbsp;silhouette&nbsp;was more functional, offering women greater freedom of movement through its simpler shapes and rising hemlines. This simple silhouette and its variations provided a means of self-expression aesthetically,&nbsp;socially&nbsp;and culturally, as this period&nbsp;witnessed&nbsp;significant changes in women&#8217;s clothing, driven by industrialization, women&#8217;s&nbsp;suffrage&nbsp;and various artistic movements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabrics and designs drew inspiration from Art Deco, jazz culture, Egyptian, African, Eastern&nbsp;European&nbsp;and Asian&nbsp;traditional dress, allowing women to convey their global awareness.&nbsp;At the same time, the expanding ready-to-wear industry made fashionable clothing more accessible than ever. Together, these forces cemented the 1920s as a pivotal moment in which clothing became a powerful medium for expressing individuality and freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blank Canvas: 1920s&nbsp;Fashion&nbsp;explores how the chemise silhouette&nbsp;offered limitless creative possibilities for conveying the 1920s zeitgeist. Described as tubular or vertical, the chemise hangs straight from the shoulders,&nbsp;generally fitting&nbsp;loosely, with occasional decorative emphasis at the hips. It&nbsp;emerged&nbsp;as armor for&nbsp;the new modern woman, providing a platform to communicate their identity and ideals.&nbsp;&nbsp; The exhibition&nbsp;showcases&nbsp;more than&nbsp;60 garments from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-exhibition-splash.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/blank-canvas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}