Archive - Real People, Real Clothes

The Fabric of Scholarship

Community at the Costume Society of America (CSA)

Jun 22 • Nicole K. Rivas

Starting in One Direction, Ending Somewhere Else

On Research That Refuses to Stay Still

Jun 14 • Nicole K. Rivas

Introducing The Materialist's Notebook

A New Substack Series

Jun 13 • Nicole K. Rivas

Research, Field Notes, and Everything Between Projects

On Archives, Writing, Garments, and Work

Jun 11 • Nicole K. Rivas

March 2026

The Art of Collecting

Wearing the Archive

Mar 19 • Nicole K. Rivas

Worthy Objects of Study

On Clothing and Cultural Authority

Mar 5 • Nicole K. Rivas

February 2026

The Hidden and Extended Biography of Dress

Stewards, Custodians, Keepers

Feb 19 • Nicole K. Rivas

The Spine Bend and the Seam Fold

Why Historic Clothing Is More Like Used Books Than Art Objects

Feb 13 • Nicole K. Rivas

Clothes That Lived

Stories of Wear, Value, and Memory

Feb 3 • Nicole K. Rivas

Real People, Real Clothes

An Introduction

Feb 2 • Nicole K. Rivas

A Project in the Making.

Feb 2 • Nicole K. Rivas

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