SMOC Videos

Want to relive SMOC events through great videos?
Ever wonder what amazing events and opportunities await you at SMOC?
Or are you a newcomer to SMOC and wonder what our great lectures are like?

Check out the videos below for a peek at some of the SMOC collection and fashion shows.

SMOC Fashion Lecture: Tartan Fashion Display

A display of tartan in fashion from the 19th-20th centuries from the collections of Ivan Sayers, Parker McIntosh and Claus Jahnke.

Studying Maya Textiles - with Cara Grace Tremain

Cara Grace Tremain from Langara College presented Studying Maya Textiles at the BC Society for the Museum of Original Costume (SMOC) Annual General Meeting in April 2021.

On Collecting for Museums with Ivan Sayers

This video was commissioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery for Modern in the Making: Postwar Craft and Design in British Columbia

'V for Victory' presented by Ivan Sayers & Denise Jacques

Featured in the video:

The red skirt was made by a high school girl from Mission, BC for a home economics project. She purchased the fabric from Saba's (a very popular fashion house in Vancouver), at a price of $2/ yard. The cotton fabric includes a print of a white 'V' with the blue morse code symbol for the same letter.

The larger hat is a daytime or afternoon hat, with a 'V' decorated with red wool, and the smaller hat features a red 'V' which would be placed at the back of the head.

The winter muff features a fur 'V' on one side, likely made from muskrat.

Peek Into the SMOC Collection: 1730s Irish Shoes

August 2020

We are delighted to share with you a video of the oldest items in our collection: a pair of c. 1730s Irish shoes.
Watch to learn more about these shoes from our curator and founder Ivan Sayers.

Love Affair with Fashion: CBC Interviews Ivan Sayers

March 19th, 2017

The CBC interviews Ivan Sayers about his love affair with fashion at the SMOC Bizarre Bazaar Sunday, March 19th, 2017 at Hycroft. Check it out!

'Ain't She Sweet' - Romantic Fashions of the 20th Century with Ivan Sayers

February 12th, 2017

Ain't She Sweet Fashion Show filmed by Roz McNulty

A Masquerade Parade – From Venice to the Catwalk

Fashion guru Ivan Sayers discusses these historical costumes from theatre and masquerades. With an exciting demonstration by the Vancouver Theatrical and Modern Fencing Club. Video by Diana Parks October 2013

The Business of Women's Suits - August 2014

A taste of Vancouver's Society for the Museum of Original Costume's April, 2013 fashion show of ladies' suits spanning the 20th Century, with commentary by fashion history guru Ivan Sayers! Video by Diane Parks August 2013

Russ Hamilton & Margery's Cape from the 1920's

Fashion history guru Ivan Sayers tells the fascinating tale of this silk opera cape that belonged to early Vancouver drag personality Margery (Russ Hamilton) of the Dumbbells. Part of the Society for the Museum of Original Costume's show A Masquerade Parade. Video by Diane Parks, October 2013.

Timeless in Silk - Part 1 & 2

The Art of Japanese Kimono Fabrics
Featuring: Fumie Von Dehn, Designer
Maiko Behr
Japanese art consultant: http://www.maikobehr.com/
Rana Vahabzadeh: SMOC Education Chair
Video by NikkeiTv

Timeless in Silk Part 2 of 2

SMOC and John Fluevog Shoes: MAKING STRIDES video by Diana Parks

Vancouver’s SOCIETY FOR THE MUSEUM OF ORIGINAL COSTUME presents this fun fashion show in which fashion history guru Ivan Sayers brings together beautiful historic clothing worn with John Fluevog’s shoes, the designs of which are heavily influenced by vintage styles. Presented at John Fluevog Shoes, Granville Street, Vancouver, November, 2013

Photos courtesy of Gerhard von Rosen Note: Garments photographed on live models belong to the private collections and not the museum stock.