The memory of clothes / / edited by Robyn Gibson.

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 meanin...

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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.
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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  • My Favourite Dress: Fashion as Historical Document, Family Legacy and Imprimatur / Alexandra Cutcher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.