The very first Making Historical Dress Conference explored how different ideas about making and researching historical costume and craft intersect.
History
History
This section features the articles I have written about History. You can find my research, responses to developments in the sector and articles about the concept itself and how we’re supposed to be ‘rewriting history’ as we learn from it!
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There are more and more ways a person can describe their gender. Its common for those scared by these developments to reference back to a past where things were simpler. In reality, those in the past also viewed gender as a spectrum, just like we are moving back to today.
My exhibition found stories about clothing – seeing how and what they showed about gender.
Fashion trends return to the same idea and values almost every 100 years. They may have different presentations but there's definitely a repetitive fashion loop.