The Memory of Clothes / edited by Robyn Gibson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gibson, Robyn, editor.

Series:

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Once hanging static in a wardrobe or folded away in a trunk, in recent times clothes have found themselves thrown into the spotlight. The crowds that are drawn to large scale fashion exhibitions staged with increasing frequency in galleries and museums around the world offer glimpses into the meaning that we attach to these items of clothing. Apart from their aesthetic value, clothes have the ability to evoke issues of identity, of the relation of self to body and self to the world. We are able to find ourselves through the experiences of delving into our wardrobes and remembering. Clothes are thus layered with meaning since they have the power to act as memory prompts. Woven into their fabric are traces of past experiences; stitched into their seams are links to people we have loved and lost. Viewed as visual objects, clothing is not frivolous, flippant or foolish. In telling and talking about clothes, we reveal much about ourselves, our lives and the experiences that we drape around our bodies. Whether bought or handmade, passed down or reconstructed, clothes help us to construct meaning as we remember those things in our lives that matter.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Robyn Gibson

The Red Pashmina / Victoria Campbell

The Lioness, the Witch, and the Wardrobe / Deborah Fraser

Into My Mother’s Wardrobe / Robyn Gibson

A Wardrobe of Making / Laurene Vaughan

My Favourite Dress: Fashion as Historical Document, Family Legacy and Imprimatur / Alexandra Cutcher

“I’ll Go Anywhere to Get out of This Damned Place!” / Tony Fleming

Mnēmonikos Pateras / Marianne Hulsbosch

The Museum of Us: A Beginning / Lea Mai

Eating Beauty: Social Science, Clothing Moths and Disappearing Threads / Josephine Fleming

Making Horse Blankets in the Himalayas / Linda Hodson

Two Little Girls in Blue / Robyn Ewing

To the Dedicated Follower of Fashion / Robyn Gibson

My Own Skin / Paul Dufficy

A History of Men’s Suits: An Interlude / Robyn Gibson , Paul Dufficy , David Smith , Laurence Coy and Joshua Barnes

Suitable Material / Marty Murphy

On Kaftans: Australian Males’ Reactions to Men Wearing ‘Dresses’! / David Smith

Dali’s ‘False Memories’ of Fashion / Robyn Gibson

Mardi Gras for the Boys / John Hughes , Murray Picknett and Warrick Hart

My Big Sister and Her Dance Dresses: A Life to Be Envied! / Llian Merritt

“Having a Clean out Are You?” / Nicole Brunker

My Sister’s Cumbrian Wedding – A Lift in the Ford / Val Horridge

Why the Colour White? / Joshua Barnes

Screw You, Jimmy Choo! / Christine Bruno

Offcuts / Jacqueline Molloy

The Dress / Robbie Monkhouse

Sweet Memories of Scent and Sweat / Ian Were

The Outward and Visible Sign / Raewyn Connell

The Purple Jumpsuit / Nell Greenwood

Story of a Dress / Brooke Roberts

Epilogue / Robyn Gibson

About the Contributors / Robyn Gibson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9789462099531

9462099537

OCLC:

900864475