Material Culture, Dress and Fashion History
Shaping Femininity’s book launch was held online on 4 November 2021.
Chair: Rebecca Unsworth (Birmingham Museums Trust)
Discussants: Hilary Davidson (University of Sydney / La Trobe) and Erin Griffey (University of Auckland)
To watch the whole launch see the video below:
Recently I gave a talk on the use of whale baleen (otherwise known as whalebone) in fashion in sixteenth-century Europe, particularly England.
The talk was recorded and is now online via the University of Melbourne Early Modern Circle website. I’ve also uploaded a version below:
Recently I was interviewed about my new position as a McKenzie Fellow at the University of Melbourne and about the research project on baleen and fashion that I will be undertaking there.
I also chatted more about historical reconstruction and how valuable it is to understand the dress and making practices of the past.
If you’d like to read the interview please click here.
