Fashioning the Artist
With all best intentions, I keep failing to update this blog. Truthfully, my job has largely pulled me in another direction, and all my energy is focused on research around … Continue reading
The Thornycroft Dress
This is a post I wasn’t going to make – it was in the ‘save it for the book’ category. However, one of my keen-eyed students from my Artistic Dress … Continue reading
The Ultimate Artistic Dresser
My first experience of Bowie was not of his music, but of a Ziggy Stardust poster I saw on my cousin’s wall when I was about 7. I didn’t quite understand … Continue reading
Willowwood
O YE, all ye that walk in Willowwood… that walk with hollow faces burning white… Every 15 November, those of us who are devotees of the Pre-Raphaelites celebrate #PRBDay in … Continue reading
Now Showing: Artistic Dress, Watts & Morris
Two rather exciting exhibits related to Artistic Dress have just opened in the London area: Liberating Fashion: Aesthetic Dress in Victorian Portraits at the Watts Gallery; and Yinke Shonibare MBE: … Continue reading
Red (Carpet) Revolution
Does hearing the inevitable ‘Who are you wearing?’ during the Red Carpet season fill you with excitement or dread? I shall dispense with apologies for my blog hiatus and get … Continue reading
CFP: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
What`s love got to do with it? Collaboration and Intimacy in Art, Architecture and Design UAAC/AAUC 2014 Conference, OCAD, Toronto, October 23 – 26, 2014 Deadline: Jun 18, 2014 This … Continue reading
Jessie Newbery and Artistic Dress
Very exciting to see this great post about some of the legacy of Artistic Dress at the GSA, something which I will post more on very soon!
Tableaux Vivants Redux!
Last week was the second annual Artistic Dress Tableaux Vivants at the Glasgow School of Art. Performed by (fantastic) students in my ‘Artistic Dress: Fashion, Style and Identity’ elective course, … Continue reading
A Fashionable Hunt
For Pre-Raphaelite fandom, it’s a weekend of anniversaries. Most notably, today is Pre-Raphaelite Day, which I explained a bit about last year when I wrote about The Myth of Pre-Raphaelite … Continue reading
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