The memory of clothes / / edited by Robyn Gibson.

• TeilnehmendeR: Gibson, Robyn,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Once hanging static in a wardrobe or folded away in a trunk, in recent times clothes have found themselves thrown into the spotlight. The crowds that are drawn to large scale fashion exhibitions staged with increasing frequency in galleries and museums around the world offer glimpses into the meaning that we attach to these items of clothing. Apart from their aesthetic value, clothes have the ability to evoke issues of identity, of the relation of self to body and self to the world. We are able to find ourselves through the experiences of delving into our wardrobes and remembering. Clothes are thus layered with meaning since they have the power to act as memory prompts. Woven into their fabric are traces of past experiences; stitched into their seams are links to people we have loved and lost. Viewed as visual objects, clothing is not frivolous, flippant or foolish. In telling and talking about clothes, we reveal much about ourselves, our lives and the experiences that we drape around our bodies. Whether bought or handmade, passed down or reconstructed, clothes help us to construct meaning as we remember those things in our lives that matter.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Robyn Gibson -- The Red Pashmina / Victoria Campbell -- The Lioness, the Witch, and the Wardrobe / Deborah Fraser -- Into My Mother’s Wardrobe / Robyn Gibson -- A Wardrobe of Making / Laurene Vaughan -- My Favourite Dress: Fashion as Historical Document, Family Legacy and Imprimatur / Alexandra Cutcher -- “I’ll Go Anywhere to Get out of This Damned Place!” / Tony Fleming -- Mnēmonikos Pateras / Marianne Hulsbosch -- The Museum of Us: A Beginning / Lea Mai -- Eating Beauty: Social Science, Clothing Moths and Disappearing Threads / Josephine Fleming -- Making Horse Blankets in the Himalayas / Linda Hodson -- Two Little Girls in Blue / Robyn Ewing -- To the Dedicated Follower of Fashion / Robyn Gibson -- My Own Skin / Paul Dufficy -- A History of Men’s Suits: An Interlude / Robyn Gibson , Paul Dufficy , David Smith , Laurence Coy and Joshua Barnes -- Suitable Material / Marty Murphy -- On Kaftans: Australian Males’ Reactions to Men Wearing ‘Dresses’! / David Smith -- Dali’s ‘False Memories’ of Fashion / Robyn Gibson -- Mardi Gras for the Boys / John Hughes , Murray Picknett and Warrick Hart -- My Big Sister and Her Dance Dresses: A Life to Be Envied! / Llian Merritt -- “Having a Clean out Are You?” / Nicole Brunker -- My Sister’s Cumbrian Wedding – A Lift in the Ford / Val Horridge -- Why the Colour White? / Joshua Barnes -- Screw You, Jimmy Choo! / Christine Bruno -- Offcuts / Jacqueline Molloy -- The Dress / Robbie Monkhouse -- Sweet Memories of Scent and Sweat / Ian Were -- The Outward and Visible Sign / Raewyn Connell -- The Purple Jumpsuit / Nell Greenwood -- Story of a Dress / Brooke Roberts -- Epilogue / Robyn Gibson -- About the Contributors / Robyn Gibson.