The Association of Dress Historians Annual New Research Conference 2023
The Association of Dress Historians Annual New Research Conference 2023 is an annual event celebrating new scholars and new scholarship in the fields of dress and textile history. The conference will explore untold histories, interpretation, making, haptic investigation and international voices, through presentations by emerging and established scholars in the fields of dress and textile history. The day will emphasise new connections, conversation and building collaborative thinking.
I am excited to announce that I will be attending the event to Present my research being The By The Cut of Their Cloth Exhibition as part of The Being Brent Heritage for Health and Wellbeing Fund 2021, In collaboration with The Mixed Museum and Brent Museum and Archives, Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The Conference will be a hybrid event at Manchester Metropolitan University on Friday 21 April, taking place in Business School - All Saints Manchester - M15 6BH from 09:30-17:30 GMT. ADH is partnering with our host, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK, to run a Zoom-Live hybrid event.
SCHEDULE
09:15-09:45 Registration
09:45-10:00 Welcome Room BS.G.26 | Host: Ben Wild
10:00-11:20 1: Missing Narratives Room BS.G.26 | Host: Patsy Perry
11:20-11:40 Break (refreshments provided)
11:40-13:00 Panels 2.1 (Menswear) & 2.2 (Dress and Photography)
(*BTCOTC will be presented AT THE END OF 2.2 Dress and Photography* Around 12:30 pm)
13:00-14:00 Lunch (not provided)
14:00-15:20 Panels 3.1 & 3.2
15:20-15:40 Break
15:40-17:00 4: Memories of Dress Room BS.G.26 | Host: Emily Taylor
END OF EVENT
BTCOTC PRESENTATION ABSTRACT
BY THE CUT OF THEIR CLOTH
EXHIBITION
Rosalyn Smith Reilly and her sister, Angela, as bridesmaids at their Auntie Carol's wedding, c.1985. Courtesy of Warren Reilly.
Spanning 300 years of Brent’s Mixed Race and Multicultural History through the lenses of art, photography and fashion, ‘By The Cut of Their Cloth’ (BTCOTC) is an exhibition curated by artist, designer and historian Warren Reilly (BA Hons) and The Mixed Museum. The project was funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Being Brent Heritage for health and wellbeing Fund 2021 supported by Brent Museum and Archives. Inspired by Warren Reilly's 2018 dissertation, ‘Pageboys to Protégés’ and DrChamion Caballero’s interest in the unnamed sitters in the Petersen Collection at Glamorgan Archives, BTCOTC explores Brent’s rich multicultural and mixed-race histories.
As an Alumni of Manchester School of Art (part of Manchester Metropolitan University), It would be a huge honour to take part in The Association of Dress Historians Annual New Research Conference 2023. The research we have uncovered shines a light on new perspectives and discoveries on themes covering style, dress and textile history through the analysis of photography and artworks and reflects diverse world views and addresses global histories, especially in terms of migration/immigration. I would like to take the opportunity within the conference to take the audience through our key research findings that express the importance of fashion as a symbol of memory and identity for marginalised communities and how fashion can be linked with the study of racial mixing and the formation of multicultural communities.
ABOUT WARREN REILLY STUDIO
HEADSHOT OF WARREN REILLY AT REBEL
BUISNESS SCHOOL
By Andrew H Williams Photography
www.andrewhwilliams.co.uk
Warren Reilly is a 25-year-old, award-winning queer, mixed-race artist, designer and historian from the London Borough of Brent. Warren first studied Art and Design at Queens Park Community School during his GCSEs and A Levels. During this period, he was educated at some of the country's most prestigious art institutions such as The Royal Academy of Art (Attract programme 2014) and Central Saint Martins (UAL) (The Album Project 2015 in collaboration with Autograph) After completing his Art Foundation at Kingston University in 2016, Warren studied Textiles In Practice at Manchester School of Art. His 2018 Dissertation subject ‘Pageboys to Protégés’ was directly inspired by the famous portrait of an extraordinary mixed-race woman, Dido Elizabeth Belle painted by David Martin who lived at Kenwood with her relatives, The Mansfield family.
Since graduating from University, Warren has been a trailblazer, leading crucial creative/social initiatives that have inspired his community during the global pandemic. In 2020, Warren successfully obtained funding From The Mayor Of London to produce the Fashioning Our History Project, as part ofBrent 2020 : London Borough of Culture. Warren was yet again successful in his bid application to the Being Brent Heritage for Wellbeing Fund 2021funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to produce The By The Cut of Their Cloth Exhibition, which explores 300 years of Brent’s Mixed Race and Multicultural History in Collaboration with the digital museum and archive The Mixed Museum, Directed by Dr Chamion Caballero. As of Autumn 2022, Warren has now been named the Museum’s Associate Creative Director.
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The Association of Dress Historians (ADH) supports and promotes the study and professional practice of the history of dress, textiles, and accessories of all cultures and regions of the world, from before classical antiquity to the present day. The ADH is proud to support scholarship in dress and textile history through its international conferences, the publication of The Journal of Dress History, monetary awards for students and researchers, and ADH members’ events such as curators’ tours. The ADH is passionate about sharing knowledge. The mission of the ADH is to start conversations, encourage the exchange of ideas, and expose new and exciting research. The ADH is Registered Charity #1014876 of The Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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