Lectures by other Dress Historians
Marla Miller, assistant professor of public history at UMASS Amherst, will look at how one of the most prestigious occupations available to American women since the 17th century, faded from the Boston scene.
Mimic of Modes (Cassidy Percoco) - 22 August 2020 || Today I'm doing a little intro to how we "do" fashion history - the different types of sources we use, and their advantages and drawbacks.
Colloquium | Dr. Carolyn Dowdell “Gertrude Savile’s Green Damask” || Dr. Carolyn Dowdell at The Museum at FIT's Fashion Unraveled Colloquium, held on Saturday, September 29, 2018.
Dames a la Mode (Taylor Shelby) - 1 August 2020 || This video is a lecture about the mini fashion revolution that took place between 1775 and 1785. Dr. Carolyn Dowdell (The Modern Mantua-Maker) and I will give presentations on the differences in clothing and accessories during this 10-year span.
Carolyn Dowdell, “Self-Representation and the Fashions of Agnes Etherington” || CWAHI Concordia || The Artist Herself: Broadening Ideas of Self-Portraiture in Canada, Third Conference of the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative, 8–9 May 2015, Queen’s University and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston.
Jordan Mitchell-King: Eighteenth-Century Jumps and Quilted Waistcoats