Senior Curator and Head of the Costume and Textiles Department, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Los Angeles
Sharon S Takeda is Senior Curator and Head of the Costume and Textiles Department at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her major exhibitions include Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015; Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915; Miracles and Mischief: Noh and Kyōgen Theater in Japan; and When Art Became Fashion: Kosode in Edo-Period Japan. The Costume Society of America has honored Takeda with two Richard Martin Awards for Excellence in the Exhibition of Costume and two Millia Davenport Publication Awards for exhibition catalogues. Additional publications include Japanese Fishermen’s Coats from Awaji Island for the UCLA Fowler Museum and Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868 for the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. She serves on the Directing Council of the Centre International d’Etude des Textiles Anciens (CIETA).