Sandy Schreier on Gathering & Letting Go Of Her Couture

Sandy Schreier - the renowned collector of 20th century French and American couture - reveals how she pioneered collecting vintage originals. She goes back to her time as a toddler in her hometown, Detroit, and explains how the wives of the city’s famed “auto titans” - and later the legendary Old Hollywood costume designer, Jean Louis - contributed to her holdings of 15,000 pieces of rare fashion and accessories. Sandy talks about working with the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum since the 1970s as well as why and how she recently gifted the institution with 165 designs. This was one of the largest gifts in recent Costume Institute history. Sandy also sheds light on the creative process involved in staging the Costume Institute’s 2019 exhibition which commemorated her gift, In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection.

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Fashion Conversations with Bronwyn Cosgrave is a bi-weekly interview series featuring lively discussions with artistic luminaries working at the forefront of fashion. Bronwyn’s guests include leading designers, best-selling authors, filmmakers, museum curators and Hollywood stylists. Her conversations go deep. Guests reveal the secrets to their artistry, thoughts on social issues impacting fashion and the personal challenges they’ve overcome realizing their dreams. Bronwyn is the author of best-selling fashion history books. She produces feature-length fashion documentaries and writes journalism about design and fashion. Her humanistic, research-driven interview style is shaped by her extensive work as a fashion historian, a television commentator and broadcaster for international radio networks such as the BBC, CBC and NPR. Fashion Conversations with Bronwyn Cosgrave is a Wondercast Production.