Episode 17: The Costume Institute and Nails, Phalanges and Tippi Hedren

This week we talked about the MET Gala, how to conserve synthetic polymers according to the costume institute, nail health, Tippi Hedren's visit to a Vietnamese refugee camp and so much more! Spoiler alert, there's a dress made out of bird skulls and a woman with 28 foot long nails. 

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The formal square Court Dress that is currently not on view at the Costume Institute

'Lady Bloom' shoes designed by Noritaka Tatehana and inspired by traditional Japanese wooden sandals

A mens suit from 1760 in a virtually unaltered condition

Cooky plant hat.

The bird skull dress that was designed by Iris Van Herpen

The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Costume Institute conservator working on restoring a 18th Century court suit

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Beau's lines which can be an indicator of various issues

Nail clubbing, the tip of the finger enlarges and the nail actually curves around the fingertip itself

Spoon nails, when the nail turns soft and they turn concave usually due to iron deficiency

Tippi Hedren who changed the world of nails

One of Tippi Hedren's Vietnamese graduating classes

Lee Redmond, as of 2008, she had nails totaling a length of 28 feet.

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