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Hannah Carlson

Hannah Carlson
Hannah Carlson teaches dress history and material culture at the Rhode Island School of Design. After training as a conservator of costume and textiles at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she received a PhD in material culture from Boston University. She has contributed articles to Commonplace: the journal of early American life; Dress; and MacGuffin: The Life of Things. Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close is her first book.


How the Humble Pocket Came to Signify Feminist Liberation

Hannah Carlson Explores the History of Women's Pockets
September 12, 2023  By Hannah Carlson
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