Keren Ben-Horin

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Publications

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Books

  • The Sweater: A History

    The Sweater: A History

    Jane Merrill & Gail DeMeyere. Edited by Keren Ben-Horin

    The Sweater: A history is a study of the sweater as an object with social, cultural, historical, and regional meanings. The book takes an unprecedented look at the beauty, materials and construction, national traditions, fads and fashion, accessories and stories of this garment’s over 300 year old history. Included in this first-ever comprehensive treatment of the sweater as an aesthetic and craft object is information on the panoply of yarns, Nordic patterns, buttons, vintage sweater collars, runway designs, and manufacturing.

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  • She’s Got Legs: A History of Hemlines and Fashion

    She’s Got Legs: A History of Hemlines and Fashion

    Jane Merrill & Keren Ben-Horin

    Explore fashion history with legs at center stage—from the dawn of civilization through current-day trends. This book examines society’s role in moving hemlines and in shaping “legcentric” traditions throughout history. What has changed or stayed the same in the course of fashion eras? How have legs appeared in dance, sport, performance, pageantry, and conventional or outré outfits? Find out how athletics, depictions in literature and art, and motifs in advertising and films reflect our changing times. Discover the styles, attitudes, customs, sex appeal, socially acceptable postures and walks, and more in this comprehensive view of leg fashions through the ages. Enjoy fashions from the waist down through 319 striking images explained in their historical context.

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Essays and Articles

  • Turning Self to Object: Costume, Identity, and Gender Roles in Alice Austen's Photographic Self-Portraits

    Turning Self to Object: Costume, Identity, and Gender Roles in Alice Austen's Photographic Self-Portraits

    in Dress and Empowerment (Bloomsbury, forthcoming), ed. Dr. Annette Lynch and Dr. Katalin Medvedev

  • Lord & Taylor: Defining the American Look, Advertisements 1945-1959

    Lord & Taylor: Defining the American Look, Advertisements 1945-1959

    Contributing researcher and author for catalog, FIT Special Collections and Archives, Spring 2013.

  • The Reign of the Lingerie Dress, 1900-1910

    The Reign of the Lingerie Dress, 1900-1910

    Women’s History Network blog. Essay published July 8, 2012.

    The Reign of the Lingerie Dress, 1900-1910

  • Cross-Pollination, Eco-fashion: Going Green

    Cross-Pollination, Eco-fashion: Going Green

    Contributing author. Interviews with design companies Sans and Omelette. The Museum at FIT in collaboration with Centro College, Mexico, 2010.

    Cross Pollination: Eco-Fashion  (pdf)