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International publication call for contributions
Interested in new opportunities for publishing your research? Costume UK (journal of the UK Costume Society) has expressed an interest in establishing a network of fashion/dress/textile people in our part of the world. This approach is part of creating a … Continue reading
Posted in International, Publications, Research resources
Tagged Costume Society of the UK, Costume UK
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Lecture: Stitches in Time – the embroidery of Captain Cook’s wife
Thursday 9 February 2017, 5:30pm – 7pm, Te Papa, Wellington Alison Larkin is an award winning embroiderer from Hull, England, who explores history through her needle and thread. In 2015 Alison received the Janet Arnold award for costume research from … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, History, International, Lectures & Talks, Uncategorized
Tagged Alison Larkin, Captain James Cook, Elizabeth Cook, embroidery, map samplers, waistcoats
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A stylish December
Wellington is going to be the most stylish place in the country this December, what with the End of Fashion conference at Massey, and the tranche of associated events and wonderfully complementary exhibitions. At City Gallery, Cindy Sherman; at Upper … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Dunedin, Exhibitions, Fashion, International, Museums, Uncategorized, Wellington
Tagged At the Beach, Catwalk to Cover, Cindy Sherman, City Gallery, Dowse, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, European Splendour, Massey University, New Zealand Fashion Museum, Pamela Church Gibson, Te Papa, The End of Fashion, Valerie Steele
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Exhibition: Catwalk to Cover
26 November 2016 – 12 February 2017 This summer Expressions Whirinaki in Upper Hutt hosts Catwalk to Cover, an exhibition developed and toured by the Fashion & Textile Museum in London. Through a series of candid photographs from top catwalk photographers … Continue reading
Valerie Steele lecture: ‘Museum quality: The rise of the fashion exhibition’
This December Dr Valerie Steele, the director The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, is visiting Wellington. Valerie will be in the capital to present a keynote address at The End of Fashion conference which is taking place at … Continue reading
Lecture: Jessica Hemmings on Making Meaning: craft & labour
WELLINGTON, AUCKLAND AND DUNEDIN Jessica Hemmings, Professor of Visual Culture and Head of the School of Visual Culture at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, is visiting New Zealand this November. A specialist in textiles, she has written and edited several books … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Auckland, Craft, Dunedin, International, Lectures & Talks, Textiles, Wellington
Tagged craft, Jessica Hemmings, labour
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Upcoming events at Te Papa
Te Papa has a great line up of costume and textile based events over the next three months, including a public lecture by leading fashion historian, Dr Valerie Steele. Dressing for Splendour, Sunday 2 October 2pm Enjoy an illustrated talk about the … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, Fashion, History, International, Lectures & Talks, Museums, New Zealand, Textiles, Wellington
Tagged 18th century fashion, cosrtume display, European Splendour, fashion exhibitions, Friends of Te Papa, John Gillow, Kantha quilts, Nga Toi, Te Papa, Valerie Steele
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Singing, dancing, frocks and books
Madeleine St John’s novel, The Women in Black, was released quietly in the 1990s, when the nostalgia for mid-century style was yet to hit its peak but since it was re-released by Text Publishing in 2012, it’s been readily available … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Books, Fashion, Favourite things, History, International, Theatre
Tagged Carolyn Burns, David Jones, Dior, Flowers for Mrs Harris, Ladies in Black, Madeleine St John, Mrs 'Harris Goes to Paris, musicals, Paul Gallico, Simon Phillips, Sydney, The Women in Black, Tim Finn
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Conference: The End of Fashion registrations open
The End of Fashion An international conference and exhibition | 8-9 Dec 2016 | College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington Registrations are now open. Early bird rates apply until 16 October. When designer Yves Saint Laurent departed from the … Continue reading
Making the Australian Quilt: 1800-1950 – exhibition and symposium
NGV, Melbourne, Australia from 22 July – 6 November 2016 PRESS RELEASE: Australia’s rich quilt heritage, resplendent with imagery of native flora and fauna, early coats of arms and motifs of daily colonial life, will be revealed in Making the Australian … Continue reading