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Where couture culture, history, and methods are discussed and studied. Explore the museum's courses in haute couture history, fashion-making, archive study, contemporary applicable fashion conversations, and haute couture technical practice. Join at no extra cost with a Couture Scholar membership, or enroll in individual courses.

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Your support makes a difference! Couture Pattern Museum is fiscally sponsored by Creative Visions, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports creative activists, those that use the arts and media to ignite social change. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Couture Pattern Museum (CPM) must be made payable to “Creative Visions” only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.​

 

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Founder Affiliation: Cara Austine-Rademaker, founder and director of the Couture Pattern Museum, is a professional member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), registered under the institution name Couture Pattern Museum.

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