Uniforms and Identity

13 September 2013, Sutherland Building, Northumbria University

This workshop analysed the role of clothes and textiles (especially uniforms) in the organisation of professional and social groups.

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Lectures

Dr Charlotte Alston (Northumbria University): Ethics and Identity: Dressing for the Simple Life in the Late Nineteenth Century

Dr Clare Rose (The Royal School of Needlework): Uniforms and Fashion in the Ready-to-Wear Clothing Industry before 1914

Dr Laura Ugolini (University of Wolverhampton): Men, Masculinities and Uniforms: British Soldiers, 1914-1918

Dr Geraldine Biddle-Perry (Central St Martins College of Art & Design): Fashioning Anti-Fascism: National Sporting Uniforms and Outdoor Leisure Clothing in Britain between the Wars

Professor Mike French (University of Glasgow): No Longer Frock Coats and Top Hats, but still Gentlemen: Appearances and Identities among Travelling Salesmen in Britain