Underwear and the Great British Sewing Bee
While at the V&A for a study weekend in conjunction with their current Undressed exhibition, one of the attendees asked if I’d seen the contestants on this year’s Great British
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Review: Fashion & Freedom
On Thursday 12th May, I headed up to Manchester for the launch of Fashion & Freedom at Manchester Art Gallery. The exhibition is part of 14-18 NOW, a five-year programme
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What I Love About Fashion
Inspired an exchange with Dr Ben Barry on Twitter the other week, I decided to look into what my ‘take’ on fashion really is. What excites me or drives me
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The return of the bullet bra?
Last Friday, I made a brief appearance on all 40 BBC local radio stations as part of the Georgey Spanswick show. Prompted by a Daily Mail article* by Sandra Howard
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Explore Your Archive
Over the past few years, I have become rather fond of archives. As I wrote in my post The Joy of Archives, I’ve always had a fondness for old clothes
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A brief history of the bra
I was recently invited by artist Rosalie Schweiker to give a talk to her bra research group, as part of an ongoing project to start a bra shop for large
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Lust List: September
In the lead up to the next Costume Society #CSFashionHour Twitter discussion which I will be hosting, on the topic of underwear, I have decided to base my September ‘Lust
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Upcoming talks on the History of Underwear
Building on the research I did as part of my MA at London College of Fashion, I have a few exciting talks coming up in the autumn that will give
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Review: Fashion on the Ration
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the Fashion on the Ration exhibition at the Imperial War Museum (IWM). Having lived in London for almost a decade, I am somewhat
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Bitesize fashion history, with Amber Butchart
Have you ever wanted to learn more about our sartorial past, but don’t have the time or inclination to enrol on a course? Well, if you live in London, there
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