"Fashioning Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg '54 and the Power of Presence” Exhibit and Reception

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Please join Professors Denise Green and Kristen Underhill for an event celebrating “Fashioning Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg '54 and the Power of Presence.” The event features remarks from Justice Ginsburg’s granddaughter, Clara Spera, and a screening of the 15-minute short film Making the Case: A Supreme Court Justice and Her Bags with filmmaker Jennifer Callahan.

Fashioning Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54 and the Power of Presence explores how dress functions as civic infrastructure that shapes belonging, authority, and public life. Grounded in the clothing and accessories of Justice Ginsburg and the worlds she moved through, the exhibition considers dress as signal, shield, and statement. What we wear, carry, and keep can help us navigate public expectations and change them. Moving between intimate personal items and the visual codes of professional power, Fashioning Justice shows how clothing can communicate care, conviction, and resistance through the most subtle details. The exhibition is curated by the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection and is on view from March 16 to May 1.

This program is a collaboration between the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the College of Human Ecology and is made possible through the generosity of Jeff '79 and Christie Weiss, P '11 and '14.

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