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For fashion historian and exhibition curator, Julie Ann Clauss, the preservation of fashion archives goes well beyond the storing of seasonal items — it’s about taking them into the long run and keeping them relevant. Known for her experience archiving and curating for the Museum at FIT, Deitch Projects and other designer archives, with museum-level standards, Clauss was tapped by Tom Ford in 2008 to ascertain a comprehensive achievement of his work. It was then, Clauss told WWD, that she realized a resource that offered museum-quality fashion collection management and curational services was a necessity the industry was severely lacking. In 2011, Clauss launched The Wardrobe, a premier fashion archival consultancy and curation studio that gives museum-quality conservation and restoration. The Wardrobe’s...