MOHAI Idea Lab at Home: Creative Clothing

Learn about the inspiration behind some of the fashion in MOHAI’s collection, and how designers take an idea and bring it to life! Then, practice iterative design by building cardboard costumes that bring characters to life!
About the MOHAI Idea Lab: learn about examples of innovations throughout history, build skills for innovation, and let your imagination soar with activities for the young and young at heart that rotate every few months. At the museum, sit down at the Idea Lab any time for a self-guided, hands-on activity inspired by MOHAI exhibits and programs. Explore the same ideas at home with videos and downloadable instructions for a craft or experiment designed by MOHAI Educators.
Click here to download the instructions for the activity in this video: mohai.org/prog...
Historic photos in order of appearance:
• First goose-down insulated jacket made by Eddie Bauer, 1936. MOHAI, 1967.4134.8
• Salish pattern Honor blanket, designed by Louie Gong of Eighth Generation, 2018. MOHAI, 2018.72.1
• Pair of bell-bottom jeans with patches, 1968. MOHAI, 2015.47.7
• Imports fashion show program, Seattle, 1954. MOHAI, Frederick & Nelson Records, 1993.43.14.6.1
• Eddie Bauer jacket patent, February 20, 1940. MOHAI, 1967.4134.9
• Cutters Must by Marcusstratus on DeviantArt, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
• Person holding a white blazer by Roch Lach via Pexels
• Measuring hems in sewing class, ca. February 1943. MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, PI25691
• Spacie the Needle costume headpiece, 1979. MOHAI, 2023.32.1
• Sea turtle costume from the World Trade Center (WTO) protests in Seattle, 1999. MOHAI, 1999.74.1.
• Sherri Thompson unpacks PNB's costumes for "The Nutcracker," Seattle, November 24, 1992. MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.013.19.05
Music: “School” by Komiku is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License