International Conference, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 8-10 April 2010 keynote speakers: Prof Cora Kaplan (Queen Mary University of London), Dr Marie-Luise Kohlke (Swansea University), Prof Sally Shuttleworth (University of Oxford) The notion of the Neo-Victorian has become an increasingly common denominator for cultural products re-iterating Victorian culture. Sometimes a critical engagement but equally often a … Continue reading
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CFP: Recycling luxury and waste in the long eighteenth century: the after life of used things in Britain and France
Recycling luxury and waste in the long 18th century – the afterlife of used things in Britain and France. International conference June 22nd – 23rd 2010 Université Paris Diderot / LARCA UFR Charles V – 10, rue Charles V 75004 Paris The 2010 conference on the afterlife of used things in the long 18th century … Continue reading
Civil War fashion from Bentonville Battlefield re-enactors
FOUR OAKS, N.C. – Even as soldiers battled in wool flannel uniforms all year, Civil War-era ladies wore wool all year, too. At this weekend’s re-enactment of the Battle of Bentonville (http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi), Hilda Mariquez and other female re-enactors will be decked out in boots, hoops, corsets and petticoats that may be topped with nets or … Continue reading
Valley of the Dolls
http://www.signature9.com/style/valley-of-the-dolls-barbies-big-week The alternate name for this blog was Valley of the Living Dolls. This article from Signature 9 proves how obsessed we are with mannequins, dolls, and dummies. If you haven’t gotten enough of Mad Men, you can come up with your own episodes with these Barbies and Kens from Mattel. Continue reading
Quote of the Day
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. Quote on style by the French Poet, Novelist, Actor, Film Director and Painter Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) Continue reading
Shoechitecture
Amazing shoe designs that leave the mind boggling. This sometimes severe architecturalization of fashion in shoes certainly leaves no question to the influence that architecture has had on fashion and vice versa. Taken from Assouline online. Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art.” Quote on art and wearing fashion by Irish writer, poet and prominent aesthete: Oscar Wilde. He produced a series of dialogues and essays that developed his ideas about the supremacy of art. (1854 – 1900) Continue reading
10 Most Dramatic Fashion’s Runway Shows
http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=116095555&gid=1197727&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aonehandbags.com%2F2010%2F03%2Ffashion%25e2%2580%2599s-10-most-dramatic-runway-shows%2F&urlhash=WEQr&trk=news_discuss An article submitted on Linkedin and was submitted by Liza S. Continue reading
Object(ive) of Fashion: theorizing the places, spaces, and faces of fashion
This blog is to bring fashion theory to the forefront among the discursive texts concerning fashion. It will foster scholarly research as well as bring awareness of theory and philosophy to the fashion images we see everywhere. The particular focus will be on the fashionable form whether it be the dummy, mannequin, marionnette, or model. … Continue reading
Object of Fashion 