Spring 2025 3 PHOTOS BY KARL MAASDAM,’93 PHOTO ESSAY exhibited for the campus community, and the Corvallis Museum selects one group to show there. Started in the 1930s when home economics professors began donating fashion samples, the collection has taken on a life of its own. Now, with the two rooms overflowing, Mower must be strategic about what new items to add. Her dream is to remodel the space so there is more room for garments and more public display space. Learn how to see the collection and donate at beav.es/fashion. manager and a design instructor in the College of Business — asks students in her historic fashion class to pick a decade during the 20th century and curate a display based on items found within the apparel collection. Their work is then
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