
Alicia Jaramillo
Historian, Archivist & Textile Conservator
Summary
Experience
Stylist
Ralph Lauren Library / New York, NY
The Ralph Lauren Library is a private collection of the corporation’s inspiration and historical product including clothing, accessories, business records, works on paper, books, periodicals, photography, and film.
• Assist in document and object preparation for the 2018 Showroom and Rare Vintage assets.
• Participated in facets of digital asset management, which included preparing objects with encoding labels and ID tags in the proprietary system.
Conservation Intern
Hispanic Society of America / New York, NY
The Hispanic Society of America is a library and museum that collects, preserves, and exhibits works directly related to the arts, literature, and history of the countries wherein Spanish and Portuguese are or have been predominant spoken languages.
•Photographed objects, created condition reports and updated records for the HSA collection.
•Performed minor solvent cleaning on objects for the upcoming exhibition Tesoros de la Hispanic Society of America at the Prado Museum in Spain.
• Vacuum cleaned several pieces of antique Spanish laces and assisted in construction of an archival storage system to house a pair of fifteenth century Moorish doors; materials included hot melt techniques on Volara® and polyethylene foam.Education
Fashion Institute of Technology
Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, and Museum Practice / Collections Management, Conservation and Preservation, Fashion & Textile History
The Master of Arts program in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice combines the rigorous study of fashion and textile history with hands-on training in the analysis, conservation, storage, and exhibition of textile and costume materials, and in collections management and exhibition planning and design.