Signs of Wear: The Fabric of an Underpinnings Archive
Take the time to look closely enough and a garment can be read almost as clearly as words on a page. In this way, archives of garments can provide a
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A brief history of M&S
As part of my Master’s degree research, I took a look into the history of an icon of the British high street – Marks & Spencer. This post is an extract
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Launch day for The Underpinnings Museum
After an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign, today is the launch of The Underpinnings Museum website. Thank you so much to everyone who pledged their support to the project and ensure
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Oasis and the Warner Textile Archive
Oasis have been knocking out the park in the last couple of years with their spectacular collaborations. I absolutely loved the collections that were inspired by prints from the V&A’s
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Introducing… The Underpinnings Museum
Those of you who follow me on social media will know that I’ve been involved in a side project over the last few months, unsurprisingly relating to underwear. The history
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Dancing, exhibitions, archives and more
As you’ve probably noticed, I appear to have lost my blogging mojo this month. I felt a bit guilty when the lovely Shasleigh from My Betty Woo mentioned Rarely Wears
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Alexa Chung for Marks & Spencer
As regular readers will already know, I am a massive fan of the M&S Company Archive in Leeds. I visited it in 2014 as part of the research for my Master’s
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Explore Your Archive
Over the past few years, I have become rather fond of archives. As I wrote in my post The Joy of Archives, I’ve always had a fondness for old clothes
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Oasis x V&A collaboration
I’m a massive fan of the high street chain Oasis. I first discovered them about six years ago when I worked near Russell Square and wandered into one of their shops
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Topshop Archive Collection
Last week I popped into Topshop at Oxford Circus to buy a gift card as a birthday present for my teenage niece and I spotted some clothing with a delightfully retro
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