The Memory of Clothes
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 ar
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The Memory of Clothes
Edited by Robyn Gibson University of Sydney, Australia
SENSE PUBLISHERS ROTTERDAM / BOSTON / TAIPEI
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For my mother, Mabs
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
xi
Introduction
xiii
This Book …
xvii
A Mother’s Love The Red Pashmina Victoria Campbell
3
The Lioness, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Deborah Fraser
7
Into My Mother’s Wardrobe Robyn Gibson
17
A Wardrobe of Making Laurene Vaughan
23
The Generation Gap My Favourite Dress: Fashion as Historical Document, Family Legacy and Imprimatur Alexandra Cutcher
27
“I’ll Go Anywhere to Get out of This Damned Place!” Tony Fleming
37
Mnēmonikos Pateras Marianne Hulsbosch
41
The Museum of Us: A Beginning Lea Mai
47
Creatures, Great and Small Eating Beauty: Social Science, Clothing Moths and Disappearing Threads Josephine Fleming
53
Making Horse Blankets in the Himalayas Linda Hodson
57
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Songlines Two Little Girls in Blue Robyn Ewing
69
To the Dedicated Follower of Fashion Robyn Gibson
73
Men in Suits and Dresses My Own Skin Paul Dufficy
77
A History of Men’s Suits: An Interlude Robyn Gibson with Paul Dufficy, David Smith, Laurence Coy and Joshua Barnes
81
Suitable Material Marty Murphy
87
On Kaftans: Australian Males’ Reactions to Men Wearing ‘Dresses’! David Smith
91
Dressing up Dali’s ‘False Memories’ of Fashion Robyn Gibson
97
Mardi Gras for the Boys John Hughes, Murray Picknett and Warrick Hart
105
My Big Sister and Her Dance Dresses: A Life to Be Envied! Llian Merritt
111
Brothers and Sisters – Sons and Daughters “Having a Clean out Are You?” Nicole Brunker
117
My Sister’s Cumbrian Wedding – A Lift in the Ford Val Horridge
121
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Loved, Lost or Stolen Why the Colour White? Joshua Barnes
127
Screw You, Jimmy Choo! Christine Bruno
133
Offcuts Jacqueline Molloy
139
The Dress Robbie Monkhouse
143
Sweet Memories of Scent and Sweat Ian Were
145
Changing Rooms The Outward and Visible Sign Raewyn Connell
153
The Purple Jumpsuit Nell Greenwood
157
Story of a Dress Brooke Roberts
161
Epilogue Robyn Gibson
165
About the Contributors
167
ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book would not have become a reality without a talented group of contributors who agreed to share their memory of clothes
