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Author: Alison Slater (Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,
Susan Atkin (Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,
Elizabeth Kealy-Morris (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781350370463
ISBN 10: 1350370460
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 October 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"Dress in the form of everyday clothing ... tends to survive mainly in the individual or collective memory of those who wore it. Few such items become the object of museum study but several have come to the forefront of memory in this collection of diverse essays. The ""auto/biographical"" memories recorded here of everyday dress contribute thought-provoking accounts of the eras in which they were worn. * Text * This exciting and interdisciplinary collection of new essays pursues and develops a neglected theme: the presence, role, and importance of individual and cultural memory in the tings we wear ... The essays are individual, substantial, and represent a serious and valuable contribution to the critical theorization and practice of remembrance in and through fashion, clothing, and textiles. * Malcom Barnard, Loughborough University, UK * A diverse and insightful set of perspectives, this anthology reinforces the relevance of auto/biographical memories as a method to explore the motivations and meanings of everyday garments. Profound and poignant insights unfold as the past reverberates in the present through material engagement with clothes. * Hazel Clark, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA *"
Dress in the form of everyday clothing ... tends to survive mainly in the individual or collective memory of those who wore it. Few such items become the object of museum study but several have come to the forefront of memory in this collection of diverse essays. The ""auto/biographical"" memories recorded here of everyday dress contribute thought-provoking accounts of the eras in which they were worn. * Text * Memories of Dress stitches together auto-ethnographic narratives in an exemplary collection of testimonies – moments that matter, stories of lives lived and loves lost, identities constructed and skins shed, the poetics of being human etched into present, past or imagined cloth and clothing. A beautiful and treasured book. * Catherine Harper, The British University in Egypt, Cairo * This exciting and interdisciplinary collection of new essays pursues and develops a neglected theme: the presence, role, and importance of individual and cultural memory in the tings we wear ... The essays are individual, substantial, and represent a serious and valuable contribution to the critical theorization and practice of remembrance in and through fashion, clothing, and textiles. * Malcom Barnard, Loughborough University, UK * A diverse and insightful set of perspectives, this anthology reinforces the relevance of auto/biographical memories as a method to explore the motivations and meanings of everyday garments. Profound and poignant insights unfold as the past reverberates in the present through material engagement with clothes. * Hazel Clark, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA *
"""This exciting and interdisciplinary collection of new essays pursues and develops a neglected theme: the presence, role, and importance of individual and cultural memory in the tings we wear ... The essays are individual, substantial, and represent a serious and valuable contribution to the critical theorization and practice of remembrance in and through fashion, clothing, and textiles."" --Malcom Barnard, Loughborough University, UK ""A diverse and insightful set of perspectives, this anthology reinforces the relevance of auto/biographical memories as a method to explore the motivations and meanings of everyday garments. Profound and poignant insights unfold as the past reverberates in the present through material engagement with clothes."" --Hazel Clark, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA"
Author Information
Alison Slater is Senior Lecturer in Design History at Manchester School of Art, Dept. of Art & Performance, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She has contributed to the journal Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty and her PhD research features in the BBC Radio 4 documentary Rags to Riches. Susan Atkin is Deputy Division Head for Fashion Design at Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She was previously the designer-owner of womenswear label Electricity. Elizabeth Kealy-Morris is Senior Lecturer in Dress and Belonging at Manchester Fashion Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Her research into body dressing work has featured in The Guardian.
