Fri 5 Mar, 2021 Documenting Fashion, Dress Talks, Event Recording, Research Forum

[ONLINE] Intellectual Property in the Fashion Industry: f...

  This talk examines how fashion designers have used intellectual property rights to protect their creations from piracy, and to advertise the authenticity of their products.  Among the numerous couturiers that have participated in this effort, the archives-based research presented in this talk focuses on the examples of Madeleine Vionnet and Christian Dior, who,…

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Fri 15 Jan, 2021 Documenting Fashion, Event Recording, Research Forum

[ONLINE] Addressing Images: Niall Billings

In this Addressing Images we will consider representations of mythology and mysticism within the English Ballet. Some of the works we will consider will include Margot Fonteyn’s performance in ‘Horoscope’ (1938) as well as the Ballet Rambert’s production of ‘Mars and Venus (1930); of which both were choreographed by Sir…

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Wed 2 Dec, 2020 Documenting Fashion, Event Recording, Research Forum

[ONLINE] Fashion Interpretations Symposium Part III

This symposium takes place online across five nights, showcasing the work of participants in The Courtauld/London College of Fashion AHRC-funded Fashion Interpretations: Dress, Medium & Meaning networking project led by Rebecca Arnold and Judith Clark.    Each evening, we will present aspects of our individual and joint research into fashion and medium,…

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Mon 30 Nov, 2020 Documenting Fashion, Event Recording, Research Forum

[ONLINE] Fashion Interpretations Symposium Part I

  This symposium takes place online across five nights, showcasing the work of participants in The Courtauld Institute/London College of Fashion AHRC-funded Fashion Interpretations: Dress, Medium & Meaning networking project led by Rebecca Arnold and Judith Clark.    Each evening, we will present aspects of our individual and joint research into fashion and…

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Fri 30 Oct, 2020 Documenting Fashion, Event Recording, Research Forum, Research Seminars

[ONLINE] Addressing Images: Nadya Wang

This session of Addressing Images will be based on a photograph taken of Indonesian fashion designer Toton Januar’s Spring/Summer 2019 runway show during Jakarta Fashion Week. We will discuss how contemporary Southeast Asian womenswear designers put together traditional/modern and local/global elements not only in designing clothing but also to create compelling fashion narratives, and…

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Fri 31 Jan, 2020 Documenting Fashion, Research Forum

Addressing Images

In this Addressing Images we will examine photographs of British prima ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn wearing a gown designed by renowned fashion photographer Cecil Beaton. The costume was designed for the 1936 production of ‘Apparitions’ by the Sadler’s Wells Ballet. We will examine these photographs alongside images of Beaton’s fashion…

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Mon 17 Feb, 2020 Documenting Fashion, Modern and Contemporary - Centre for American Art, Research Forum

Panel talk with Kwame Brathwaite Jr. and Tanisha Ford

Kwame Samori Brathwaite, son of photographer Kwame Brathwaite, is the Director of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive, through which he manages his father’s photographic archive and collaborative projects that are concordant with the themes in his father’s work, namely activism, politics, fashion and music. Kwame Samori authored a chapter entitled Fashion…

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Mon 2 Mar, 2020 Documenting Fashion, Research Forum

[CANCELLED] Fashion Illustration Masterclass with Tina Be...

Gray M.C.A in partnership with The Courtauld Institute of Art London is proud to present a series of Fashion Illustration Masterclasses – each hosted by a leading illustrator. In each session you will hear how a contemporary artist approaches his or her work, and what inspires and influences their practice. …

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Fri 8 Nov, 2019 Documenting Fashion, Research Forum, Research Seminars

Addressing Images

Addressing Images opens up discussion of dress’ significance within imagery – whether paintings, prints, photographs, advertisements, film stills or drawings. It brings together dress and art historians, as well as those interested in exploring issues and meanings within representation. A single image will be shown in each session, giving participants…

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Fri 15 Nov, 2019 Documenting Fashion, Research Forum

Dress Talks with Connie Gray

The discipline of fashion illustration once dominated the pages of Jardin des Modes, L’Officiel, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar & Women’s Wear Daily. The works of the masters of the genre including Gruau, Bouché, Eric, Bérard, Block & Lopez were instantly recognizable.  Whether they were sketching evocative documentation of the chicest Parisian…

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Mon 21 Oct, 2019 Documenting Fashion, Research Forum

Illustration Masterclass with Jason Brooks

Gray M.C.A in partnership with The Courtauld Institute of Art London is proud to present a series of Fashion Illustration Masterclasses – each hosted by a leading illustrator. In each session you will hear how a contemporary artist approaches his or her work, and what inspires and influences their practice. …

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