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Material Memories: The Slogan T-shirt

Material Memories: The Slogan T-shirt

  Lockdown life has had a huge impact on our society and culture. As a PhD researcher, it has changed my research culture and practice. For me materiality is key, and my research is about dress history from the object up. However, the current situation means that access to historical objects of dress is limited, well, just not possible. This pause in my research in the archives has made me think…

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Sentimental Yarns: Home Knitting During World War One

Sentimental Yarns: Home Knitting During World War One

Whilst researching into the story of the First World War Uniform and how it could embody the experience of the soldier, amongst the harshness and brutality in the stories of trench life, I found something soft, warm and, significantly, something that would bring comfort both physically and emotionally. It was the comforting presence of home knitting.

The proximity of the Western Front to the…

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Killerton House & Dress History

Killerton House & Dress History

This summer I finally made a visit to Killerton House in Exeter, the National Trust property home to its fashion collection. Following the exhibition closure last year due to roof repairs, 2018 marks the re-opening of the fashion display with a programme of exhibitions relating to the National Trust 2018 theme of women and power.

My visit timed with the second exhibition since it’s re-launch, ‘Br…

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Gestation rather than Procrastination

Gestation rather than Procrastination

Nearing the end of a year-long Masters degree has instigated an inevitable moment of reflection. As I read back through the words that I have poured over for the last few months, I can’t help but feel a sense of wonder at how I got to this point. I began thinking about the fear I felt when I thought about the seemingly large word count looming over me. How would I ever fill that? And in just so…

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Sculpture in Dress: Balenciaga the V & A

Exhibition Review: Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion exhibition fuses together a collective of engaging curatorial techniques. The display embraces the Spanish couturier’s skill as a master in pattern cutting, emphasising craftsmanship in the art of tailoring and dress. Moving images displayed on screens demonstrate the sequence in which…

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House Style at Chatsworth

House Style at Chatsworth

There is still time to catch the exhibition titled House Style at Chatsworth House and it would be well worth it. The exhibition closes on 22nd October 2017. The exhibition brings together an incredible collection of clothing spanning five centuries linked to the people of Chatsworth with a vast array of the pieces worn by model Stella Tennant. Designer pieces include those from Alexander…

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Book Review: Reigning Men, Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015

Book Review: Reigning Men, Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015

Book Review: Reigning Men, Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015 Sharon Sadako Takeda, Kaye Durland Spilker and Clarissa M. Eguerra with essays by Tim Blanks and Peter McNeil. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2016 Reigning Men, Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015 by Sharon Sadako Takeda, Kaye Durland Spilker and Clarissa M. Esguerra delivers an opulent visual display of the menswear…

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Arrivederci to the sun, peacocks & bistecca of #Florence until next time..! #pittiuomo @pittimmagine #firenze #fashion #menswear #mensfashion (at Fortezza da Basso)

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Sweeping modern curves of Mumbai airport #Mumbai #India #modernarchitecture #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #architecturephotography

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Carnival atmosphere..! @hackneycolliery #kokolondon #hackneycollieryband #jazz #camden #kokolondon (at KOKO London)

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I am only going to gigs that involve a sousaphone in future..! #moveoverharoldbishop #hackneycollieryband #koko #kokolondon #sousaphone #camden #blackandwhitephotography #london (at KOKO London)

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Waiting for the band to strike up..! #hackneycollieryband #kokolondon #camden #jazz #blackandwhitephotography ### (at KOKO London)

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The Great Coat of World War 1

The Great Coat of World War 1

In 1914 Great Britain went to war, the uniform that our army would wear had already undergone a number of changes and modifications in the years shortly before the outbreak of war, most importantly the use of khaki cloth for the standard issue Service Dress. The Great Coat formed part of the Service Dress issued to men as they entered the War in Europe. The Great Coat came in variations of below…

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The Letterman: A Short History

The Letterman: A Short History

In 1852 Harvard’s first rowing team braced itself to face their Ivy League rival, Yale, on the waters of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire in what would become the first intercollegiate sporting event in America. It was this regatta, inspired by the eminent Oxford/ Cambridge boat race, by now a historical institution after their first meeting in 1829, that laid the foundations for the…

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The showboat skyline continues its tawdry progression on eviscerating a once great cityscape...as Matt Reynolds wrote in issue 15 of @umbrellamagazine in reference to modernism 'they hail from a time when principals & idealism informed design, rather than...indulging architectural vanity'. #architecture #london #londonarchitecture #londonskyline #modernistarchitecture #modernism #blackandwhitephotography (at Waterloo Bridge)

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Casual Wovens

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Apres Ski

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