Clothing and textile archives are fascinating places. Although, as a fashion historian, you might expect me to visit archives as part of my research, they're also very useful places for designers to look for inspiration. Even more so now that many museums have extensive online catalogues with images, available from anywhere in the world, but... Continue Reading →
Let me take a moment to introduce you to a friend of mine. We've been close for a couple of years now, after meeting at a party in Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road in London. They are geeky and feminist with a love of comics and we quickly bonded over discussions on popular culture... Continue Reading →
Are you interested in what we wear and why we wear it? Are you captivated by snippets of social history? Even if your curiosity only extends to the costumes in Downton Abbey or the current 1990s fashion revival, I think you might find the work of the UK's Costume Society rather fascinating. I've been a... Continue Reading →
As regular readers of this blog will know, I am currently in my second year of a part-time Master's course at London College of Fashion. Having completed five assignments and looking forward to starting my dissertation research in 2014, I am still immensely excited by this course and what I have gained from it. One... Continue Reading →
As a child, I loved clothing. As a teenager, I became obsessed with fashion and its magazines. By the time I left university, my obsession was fading and my disillusionment with women's magazines in general led me to discover a number of splendid feminist websites, pushing my love of fashion aside. By the time I... Continue Reading →
Part 3 of a 6-part series on aspects of fashion theory, specifically cultural studies and object analysis. Written partly to reassure myself that I do understand the concepts and partly to help clarify things for others, this post is based on notes I took during a lecture at London College of Fashion by Dr Agnès... Continue Reading →
Part 2 of a 6-part series on aspects of fashion theory, specifically cultural studies and object analysis. Written partly to reassure myself that I do understand the concepts and partly to help clarify things for others, this post is based on notes I took during a lecture at London College of Fashion by Dr Agnès... Continue Reading →
Although the vast majority of my articles for BitchBuzz have been about sex and relationships, I have covered other topics too. I couldn't resist the odd fashion piece, some reviews for the culture section, and I even managed to get in the odd reference to Spaced. Daisy Steiner was far more 'me' than Carrie Bradshaw... Continue Reading →
As you probably all know by now, I am about to begin two years of part-time study alongside my full-time job. I've spent the last few weeks planning and chatting to colleagues who have also done an MA whilst working, and it's slowly been sinking in. Even if I cancel my entire social life or... Continue Reading →
I've been rather slack lately and realised I haven't updated you on the articles I've been writing for BitchBuzz for a couple of months, so I thought I'd post a quick recap. This is everything by me that was published on the site - in the news, life, sex and culture sections - in May... Continue Reading →