August 30, 2011, Filed Under: ConservationWhat was the repair process after removing weights from the "Gone With The Wind" burgundy gown? The Ransom Center has begun conservation work on the gowns from Gone With The Wind, and readers can follow the progress of the project on the Center’s website. Cultural Compass solicited questions from readers, and staff will answer a few of those questions in the coming weeks on this blog.… read more
August 10, 2011, Filed Under: ConservationGown of a different feather: Conservators investigate feathers on the burgundy gown from "Gone With The Wind" The burgundy ball gown Scarlett wears to Ashley’s birthday party in Gone With The Wind is meant to be provocative (“not modest or matronly,” Rhett snarls) yet glamorous. But when the gown arrived at the Ransom Center in the early 1980s, something wasn’t quite right. “It looked more like a… read more
August 3, 2011, Filed Under: ConservationConservators find best treatment for wedding veil from "Gone With The Wind" is no treatment Gone With The Wind is full of lessons about love, life, and loss. Almost 75 years later, Scarlett’s silk wedding veil has one more lesson. “At the end of our life, it is the end of our life. We are all organic material. When a costume has come to the… read more
