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Fri 18 Jan, 2019 Addressing Fashion Discussion Group, Dress Talks, Research Forum, Research Seminars
Addressing Images
In this session of Addressing Images we will watch a clip from one of Busby Berkeley’s extraordinary film spectacles of the 1930s, to discuss the way movement, body and costume combine to create extravagantly choreographed dance sequences, and the issues raised by such presentations of women. Addressing Images opens up…
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Fri 8 Feb, 2019 Dress Talks, Research Forum, Research Seminars
How Can We Decolonise Fashion History? A Case Study: the ...
There is much discussion in contemporary scholarship about the need to decolonise curricula and look beyond a Eurocentric bias. But what does it actually mean to decolonise fashion history? How can we move beyond the jargon and actively piece together a more inclusive definition of fashion, past and present? Fashion…
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