Making Historical Dress Network

AHRC-funded network on recreative methods in dress history. Based @dmuleicester, PI @Serena_Dyer & Co-I @SarahABendall 🪡🧵🧶

[Dr Serena Dyer @Serena_Dyer]

Collaborating with some of the world’s best mantua-making minds on this 1690s mantua really was one of the highlights of our Making Historical Dress Festival last week 🪡

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

In conjunction with our final festival we set ourselves the challenge of making a 1690s mantua. It is based on one worn by a doll named Lady Clapham @V_and_A . Collaboratively we used our experience of making 17thc & 18thc clothing to bring the gown to life in only a few days!

[dmuleicester @dmuleicester]

Fashion historian @Serena_Dyer and a team of experts have recreated a rare mantua dress from the 1690s during the @MakingHistDress festival, to help inform today's dressmakers about sustainability @SarahABendall https://t.co/9nhn4yaJ82

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

@Lee_gfyarnnerd @Cambridge_Uni Yes, the event is being recorded and will be posted to our website 😊

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

Kicking off our festival today is a keynote on ‘Animating Durer’s Cloaks’ by Ulinka Rublack @Cambridge_Uni . Rublack talks about recreating the colours and cloaks of 15th and 16th century menswear

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

Loved speaking with @margdier about a 1629 embroidered Bible cover and a 1672 beadwork casket conserved by the @RoyalNeedlework Studio for the @MakingHistDress festival. What a great forum to bring together makers and researchers of making!

[Australian Convict & Colonial Research - London @ConvictResearch]

Fascinating talk. Missed the 1st bit so lucky it was recorded. Loved the discussion about thread, stitches, pockets & wider histories of objects. And yes, with fast fashion & mass production, how does that change the value & choice of what items we pass down? 🤔 Lots to ponder 🧐

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

We are delighted to invite you to attend our second Making Historical Dress online event titled Deconstruction, Alteration and Recreation: Stories from Australian and New Zealand Collections.

Register here: https://t.co/2Z4YZhqgEx

[Dr Serena Dyer @Serena_Dyer]

📣PhD Scholarship Alert!📣 We are currently advertising 24 fully funded PhD scholarships @dmuleicester, including ✨ Adapting Historical Zero Waste Cutting Methods for the Current Fashion Industry✨ For more info and to apply: https://t.co/F1y3ceb7TU

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

Our recording of workshop 3 is now up on the website. Click here to view the full programme and recording:

https://t.co/EZaRMwRhP2

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

We are all ready to go with our third workshop, Learning from Making @dmuleicester

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

You can register for your free online place here https://t.co/825le14BEz

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

Remaking historical dress not only offers creative and scholarly avenues, but also commercial opportunities. This online panel brings together people who have made recreative practice their business.

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

They will each share their approach to commercialising remaking, before participating in a roundtable discussion chaired by @Serena_Dyer. Participants include:
🪡 Angela Burnley, @BurnleyandTrow
🪡 Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcolm-Davies, @TheTudorTailor

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

We are excited to share the details of our first online-only event! Commercialising Remaking: The Business of Making Historical Dress will take place on 17th June at 1pm BST (UK time) over Teams.

[Dr Serena Dyer @Serena_Dyer]

I had a lovely time last week filming for a documentary on recreative practice 🪡

[Sarah Bendall @SarahABendall]

Reminder that this deadline is next week!

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

Our Project Lead @Serena_Dyer has a new book out all about recreating 18th-century fashionable dress 🪡📖

[Dr Serena Dyer @Serena_Dyer]

Delighted to welcome my latest book-child to the family! Labour of the Stitch: The Making and Remaking of Fashionable Georgian Dress is now available from @CambridgeUP in paperback and ebook! https://t.co/w1VNOUlbj2

[Dr Serena Dyer @Serena_Dyer]

We’re so excited for the big culmination of @MakHistDress’s in-person events! Do send in your proposals for papers, performances, and demonstrations!

[Making Historical Dress Network @MakingHistDress]

We are delighted to share the CFP for the ✨Making Historical Dress Festival✨ taking place @dmuleicester on 13th & 14th Sept 2024. We seek proposals for papers, performances and demonstrations. The deadline for abstracts is 13th May 2024. Please do share widely!

[Dr Serena Dyer @Serena_Dyer]

I am delighted to share the 📢 CALL FOR ARTICLES 📢for a special issue of @womenshistrev that I am editing on 🪡 Women Making Fashion 🪡 Please do get in touch if you would like to discuss an article idea. More information is available here: https://t.co/4ViuU39GM7