• Guest curating the current exhibition Remember the Ladies: Fashion, Freedom, and the Fabric of a Nation 1776-2026 at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Staunton, VA, running from June 14, 2026 for 18 months in two garment rotations

  • Rehousing a large collection of women’s suffrage-related textiles and mounting pieces for exhibition at Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, DC

  • Mounting servant’s liveries, a diplomatic uniform, and Spanish-American War uniforms for photography and display at The Society of the Cincinnati, as well as cataloging and caring for a large collection of objects related to the American Revolution and the Society’s headquarters, Anderson House in Washington, DC

  • Conducting in-depth research on domestic servitude at Anderson House, including digitization of original blueprints and cross-referencing of census records 

  • Teaching Textiles, Survey of Fashion History, The Great Designers, and History of American Fashion courses at Marymount University in Arlington, VA and VCU in Richmond, VA

  • Contributing to ABC-CLIO’s four-volume publication Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe

  • Preparing objects for exhibition and storage at The Museum at FIT and The Textile Museum

I am also a longtime member of the Virginia Association of Museums and have been a part of the annual conference planning committee since 2014. I currently reside in Richmond, VA with my husband and children.

I inherited a love of fiber art and fashion history from my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, all of whom have been creators and preservers of clothing and textiles. I began studying historic fashion for fun while pursuing my BA in music at the University of Virginia and went on to receive my MA in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. While there, I co-curated the exhibition Sole Desire: The Shoes of Christian Louboutin and composed my qualifying paper on the attire of George Washington.

Image shows waist, upper skirt, and sleeve of green floral-printed dress from 1850s along with arms and head of fashion historian Whitney Robertson who is adjusting the waist.

My Background

Professional Highlights

Photo by Kate Simon Photography https://www.kate-simon.com/

Media and Presentations

I led a presentation about Jessie Wilson’s 1913 White House wedding dress and trousseau at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in April 2026.

During my time as collections manager at The Society of the Cincinnati, I had the chance to appear in a France 2 television special on the Marquis de Lafayette.

I led the Videofashion Network’s producers through the graduate exhibition I co-curated at the Museum at FIT in 2008.