Karan Feder

Karan Feder is a leading expert in the field of performance-costume history, preservation, and exhibition. She has served as a costume consultant for the famed Liberace Foundation and Museum, The Mob Museum, and David Copperfield’s International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts. Her company Entertainment Exhibitions is a full-service advisory and collection management firm specializing in the care, study, and preservation of performance costumes. Feder is known for her instrumental contributions to the development of the costume & textile collection at the Nevada State Museum-Las Vegas. The unique archive is recognized as one of the most significant museum collections of cabaret costumes in the world. She is credited with spearheading the initiative to save the entire existing costume stock from Las Vegas’ legendary Folies Bergère cabaret show which played at the Hotel Tropicana from 1959-2009. Feder contributes fashion and costume-related expertise to numerous national and international media including film projects, news programs, podcasts, print publications, professional symposia, and other entertainment programming. Karan Feder formally served as the Guest Curator of Costume & Textiles at the Nevada State Museum-Las Vegas and is an elected member of the Costume Society of America’s Board of Directors. Feder is a proud member of the prestigious Costume Designers Guild and a voting member of the Television Academy (The Emmys). Feder is the author/co-author of six publications focused on classic entertainment culture and performance costumes.