From Tea Gowns to Buffet Dresses
Can we embrace these food-themed fashions for their beauty, rather than because they hide our curves?
Tag: Artistic Dress
Immortals, Beloved?
I have long been bothered by the characterisation of Jessie Keppie and Margaret Macdonald as being at odds in this photo… What is it that has made others have such a negative reading of this image?
Fashioning the Artist
With all best intentions, I keep failing to update this blog. Truthfully, my job has largely pulled me in another
The Ultimate Artistic Dresser
My first experience of Bowie was not of his music, but of a Ziggy Stardust poster I saw on my cousin’s
Red (Carpet) Revolution
Does hearing the inevitable ‘Who are you wearing?’ during the Red Carpet season fill you with excitement or dread? I
CFP: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
What`s love got to do with it? Collaboration and Intimacy in Art, Architecture and Design UAAC/AAUC 2014 Conference, OCAD, Toronto,
Jessie Newbery and Artistic Dress
Very exciting to see this great post about some of the legacy of Artistic Dress at the GSA, something which
The Thornycroft Dress
This is a post I wasn’t going to make – it was in the ‘save it for the book’ category.
Tableaux Vivants Redux!
Last week was the second annual Artistic Dress Tableaux Vivants at the Glasgow School of Art. Performed by (fantastic) students
A Fashionable Hunt
For Pre-Raphaelite fandom, it’s a weekend of anniversaries. Most notably, today is Pre-Raphaelite Day, which I explained a bit about
Robyne Calvert 