Stitches That Speak: Biography Through Objects Symposium

Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities

A forum for dialogues exploring creative and innovative approaches to revealing biography through objects in dress, fashion and textiles.

De Montfort University

A one-day symposium organised by Design Cultures in The School of Fashion and Textiles and the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities, De Montfort University, Leicester

P﻿rogramme Schedule:9.30-10.00am – Registration and Coffee10.00-10.15 – Welcome10.15-11.15am – Keynote paper – Dr Bethan Bide, University of Leeds and Dr Lucie Whitmore, Museum of LondonFashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style – Foregrounding Jewish Experiences in a fashion exhibition11.15-12.30 – Panel 1: Panel Chair Ruth JindalProfessor Amanda Briggs-Goode, Dr Gail Baxter and Jayne Childs, Nottingham Trent UniversityLace: Hand/machine/home-made objects of productionDr Liza Foley, Independent ScholarAnimals in Artefacts: Uncovering the Non-Human Lives of GlovesRuth Singer, artist, writer and arts and heritage producerEmotional Repair: personal stories in cloth and stitch12.30-1.30pm – Lunch1.30-3.00pm - Panel 2: Panel Chair Dr Rachel NealVanessa Jones, Leeds Museum and GalleriesThe clothing of Barbara Priestman: Redefining eighteenth-century sartorial narratives within the museumHannah Wroe, University of Lincoln“The Cape of Hope”: Placing material culture within the archival investigation of interwar British couture house Isobel London &amp; Harrogate LtdDr Veronica Isaac, University of BrightonDressing the Part: Ellen Terry (1847-1928)Melangell Penrhys, Textile Conservator &amp; Derw Thomas, Senior Collections and House Officer, Berrington Hall, National Trust.M﻿aterial Memories in Ann Harley&#x27;s court mantua3.00-3.30pm – Coffee Break3.30pm-4.45pm – Panel 3: Panel Chair Dr Serena DyerDiya Wang, De Montfort University, LeicesterThe Interpretation of Oriental Collections in Western Museums: a late Qing Dynasty/early Republic Chinese underwear garment mistaken for outerwearChelsea Newton Mountney, Worthing Museum Dress ArchiveRemaking the 1960s: Homemade Clothing in Britain, 1965-1970Abigail Jubb, University of YorkAltering Fashion: Biographies of Consumer Experience Through the Fitting Alterations of Extant Garment Sizing circa 1870-19304.45-5.00pm – Closing remarks

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