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Beth Dincuff

Part-time Assistant Professor

Email
dincuffb@newschool.edu

Office Location
A - 66 West 12th Street

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Beth Dincuff

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Beth Dincuff Charleston is a design historian whose career highlights include curating the 2013 exhibition "Sophie Gimbel and the Salon Moderne: Fashioning American Couture” presented at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center and Saks Fifth Avenue’s flagship store. Previously, she was the Manager of Archive and Digital Services at Calvin Klein, Inc. as well as Research Associate in the collection at the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Degrees Held

MA The Fashion Institute of Technology, Museum Studies: Costume and Textiles

BFA  New York University, Tisch School of the Arts: Film and Television Production  

Recent Publications

Sophie of Saks: Fashioning American Couture, Schiffer Publishing, Forthcoming, Fall 2019

Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press, Contributor

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, Contributor 

Un Secolo di Moda: Creazioni e Mitit del Ventesimo, Contributor

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Contributor: Bikini; Balenciaga; Dior thematic essays  

Portfolio

Current Courses

Future Courses

  • Fashion Cultures
    PSOF 1140 - Spring 2027
  • Fashion and Culture
    PUFY 1235 - Spring 2027

Past Courses

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