The Association of Dress Historians supports and promotes the study and professional practice of the history of dress, textiles, and accessories of all cultures and regions of the world, from before classical antiquity to the present day.
ADH Awards Sub-Committee
The 2021–2022 ADH Awards Sub-Committee is comprised of the following ADH members.
Virginia Schreffler Wimberley,
Secretary,
ADH Awards Sub–Committee
Dr. Virginia Schreffler Wimberley holds a PhD in archaeological textiles from The Ohio State University and teaches classes in history of costume and textiles at The University of Alabama in the United States. She is the Graduate Director for the Master’s Program in Clothing and Textiles, teaches graduate courses in research methods for clothing and textiles, and mentors graduate students. Her current research includes material culture, eco–friendly fibers, and eco–friendly design. She has authored or co–authored articles published in Archaeological Chemistry, Ars Textrina, Florida Anthropologist, Material History Review, Textiles: Journal of Cloth and Culture and book chapters in Beyond Cloth and Cordage: Archaeological Textile Research in the Americas, Current Archaeological Research in Kentucky and Perishable Material Culture of the Northeastern United States.
Kirsty Hassard,
ADH Awards
Sub–Committee Member
Kirsty Hassard is a curator at The Victoria and Albert Museum in Dundee, Scotland, and was previously assistant curator of furniture, textiles, and fashion at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England. She worked on the Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion and Mary Quant exhibitions. She holds an MLitt in Dress and Textile Histories from The University of Glasgow and a PGDip in Museum and Gallery Studies from The University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Her research is focused on work, and the relationship between fashion and print culture during the eighteenth century. She has published in Contemporanea and a book chapter in European Fans in the 17th and 18th Centuries: Images, Accessories, and Instruments of Gesture (De Gruyter, 2020).
Martin Pel,
ADH Awards
Sub–Committee Member
Martin Pel is curator of fashion at the Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove, England. He has published books on Biba and 1920s fashion. Martin worked on the exhibition, Gluck: Art and Identity, for Brighton Museum (18 November 2017 to 11 March 2018) which was co–curated by Professor Amy de la Haye (University of the Arts, London). For the exhibition, Martin and Amy worked closely with Diana Souhami, Gluck’s biographer, cultural historian Elizabeth Wilson, art historian Gill Clarke, exhibition maker Jeff Horsley, and creative director of Pallant House, Simon Martin. Martin Pel was a co–author of the exhibition catalogue, Gluck: Art and Identity (Yale University Press, 2017).
June Rowe,
ADH Awards
Sub–Committee Member
Dr. June Rowe was awarded her PhD in 2020 from the University of the Arts, London for a material culture and object-based study of the interrelationship between the display mannequin and feminine silhouettes. The study examined exemplars of fashionable femininity through historical shifts in figurative mannequin forms. She was a recipient of a Rootstein Hopkins Doctoral Bursary Award from the University of the Arts, London for her thesis. June holds an MA in the History of Design and Material Culture from the University of Brighton. In 2018 June published a chapter for the edited volume Fashioning Professionals: Identity and Representation at Work in the Creative Industries by Leah Armstrong and Felice McDowell. The chapter “Designer Unknown: Documenting the Mannequin Maker”, examined the role of female mannequin designers and their contribution to the fashion industry and fashion media. June is an associate lecturer at Central St Martins, London.
Emmy Sale,
ADH Awards
Sub–Committee Member
Emmy Sale holds a BA in Fashion and Dress History and an MA in History of Design and Material Culture, from The University of Brighton, England. Her research interests include homemade clothing, women’s periodicals, and interwar beachwear. Emmy has been the recipient of the following awards during her studies: The Association of Dress Historians Student Fellowship 2018, Design History Society Student Essay Prize 2018, and The Costume Society’s The Yarwood Award 2019. Emmy published an article, titled, “‘It Is Not Impossible to Look Nice Sitting About on the Beach:’ The Influence of Magazines in the Making and Wearing of Hand-Knitting Bathing Suits by Young Working Women in England during the 1930s,” in the Autumn 2018 issue of The Journal of Dress History. Emmy is Social Media Officer of The Association of Dress Historians, and her role involves overseeing the ADH social media platforms.
Ariana Torres,
ADH Awards
Sub–Committee Member
Ariana Torres holds an MA in History of Art from University of York, England. Her dissertation, titled, Fashion, Commodification, and the Surrealist Self in the Photographic Collaboration Between Man Ray and Elsa Schiaparelli 1931-1937, explored Schiaparelli’s intersection of Surrealism and commerce during the 1930s through the medium of both fashion and avant-garde magazines (including Harper’s Bazaar and Minotaure). Her previous experience includes registrarial work at Mingei International Museum in San Diego, California, where she was responsible for the research and management of over 3000 objects of adornment and trade beads from various periods and cultures. During 2018-2020, Ariana also served as Scholarship Chair on the board for Collections Stewardship for the American Alliance of Museums where she reviewed Annual Meeting scholarships to support underrepresented and marginalized individuals in the museum field. Her research interests include historical to contemporary jewellery and surrealist themes in modern to contemporary fashion.
2019-2020 ADH Awards
Sub-Committee
Chair, ADH Awards Sub–Committee:
Janet Mayo
Independent Scholar
Bristol, England
Secretary, ADH Awards Sub–Committee:
Elli Michaela Young
The University of Brighton
Brighton, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Penelope Byrde
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts
London, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Elizabeth Owen
Cosprop Ltd.
London, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Martin Pel
Royal Pavilion and Museums
Brighton and Hove, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Suzanne Rowland
The University of Brighton
Brighton, England
2017-2018 ADH Awards
Sub-Committee
Chair, ADH Awards Sub–Committee:
Aileen Ribeiro
The Courtauld Institute of Art
London, England
Secretary, ADH Awards Sub–Committee:
Elli Michaela Young
The University of Brighton
Brighton, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Timothy Long
The Museum of London
London, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Janet Mayo
Independent Scholar
Bristol, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Elizabeth Owen
Cosprop
London, England
ADH Awards Sub–Committee Member:
Suzanne Rowland
The University of Brighton
Brighton, England
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