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.
International Conference
of Dress Historians
19 April 2021 in Bristol, England
The Association of Dress Historians is delighted to announce its annual International Conference of Dress Historians, which this year is titled:
Costume Drama:
A History of Clothes for Stage and Screen
The conference will be held on 19 April 2021 at the historic Coopers Hall at the Bristol Old Vic, King Street, Bristol, BS1 4ED, England. Built in 1766, Bristol Old Vic is the oldest continuously working theatre in the English–speaking world.
Please click here to read the full conference programme, which includes all conference event dates and details.
Conference tickets are available now at https://tinyurl.com/Bristol2021.
Conference ticket prices start at £30 and include coffee and networking breaks, lunch, and access to a wide range of paper presentations. Tickets must be purchased online before the conference.
Please join us for an exciting day of research in dress history!
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The following 17 papers will be presented at the conference:
Tracing the Phantom: The Creation of a Legend
Janne Helene Arnesen
The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
The Role of Costume in Communicating Experiences to Audiences in the Developing Medium of Narrative Cinema
Bethan Bide
University of Leeds, Leeds, England
Flesh Coloured Satin and Outfits a l’Antique: Costume Practises on the Early Modern Stage
Stephanie Blythman
Independent Scholar, London, England
What Price Hollywood? Collecting Costume from the Silver Screen
Raissa Bretaña
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, United States
Costumes as Palimpsest: Exploring the Memory and Embodiment of Narrative through Re–Used Costumes in Film and Theatre
Amelia Brookins
University College London, London, England
Extrapolating History: Researching the Under–Represented: Cinematic Depictions of Nineteenth Century Dress in Connemara, Ireland
Clodagh Deegan
Independent Scholar, Dublin, Ireland
Hollywood Glamour: The Influence of Film Costume on Dressmaking Patterns in the 1930s
Victoria Haddock
University of Brighton, Brighton, England
Image and Reality: The Costumes of Modern Dance Pioneer Ruth St. Denis
Caroline Hamilton
University of Brighton, Brighton, England
Mastering the Cut: The Emergence of Historical Costume Cutting at the Central School of Art, London
Amy Hare
Bristol University, Bristol, England
Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel: Clothes Tell the Story
Charlotte Headrick
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Imperial Dreams: An Analysis of the Costume Characterisation of Anastasia Romanov
Emily Mackey
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Ecclesiastical Vestments as Costume in Early Liturgical Drama
Paul McFadyen
University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
In the Closet with Gentleman Jack: A Nineteenth Century Lesbian Dressed for the Modern Eye
Eleanor Medhurst
University of Brighton, Brighton, England
…And the Dresses Designed by Miss Rein
Rebecca Morrison
Queen Mary University and V&A, London, England
Sweeping Statements: The Cape in American Cinema, 1920–1935
Stephanie Sporn
New York University, New York, United States
Second–Hand Shylock: Material Recycling of a Theatrical Type
Gary Watt
University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Disrobing the Dragon Lady: Deconstructing the Qipao in American Cinema
Felicia Yao
Independent Scholar, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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