Earlier this week, Group members visited Manchester Art Gallery colleagues, Kate Day and curators Miles Lambert and Rosie Gnatiuk. We had a rich and wide-ranging discussion about shared research interests and future possibilities. We were also treated to a sneak…
On 7 March between 1600 and 1900, PhD researcher and Group member LOKesh Ghai is hosting an international premiere of his film, The Last Shoemakers of Doon Valley, in the SODA cinema on the Manchester Metropolitan University campus. The film…
The F/fashion Narratives Research Group is working with colleagues within Manchester Fashion Institute to establish a COST Action, Narratives Networks. A COST Action is a European-based research network that seeks to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. COST Actions…
Between 13 and 14 February, Group lead Dr Benjamin Wild will be participating in Prosperity Fashion conference at Università degli Studi di Firenze, hosted by Fashion Highlight Journal. The conference seeks to adapt prosperity and prosperity thinking, which is conceived as a resource…
On 4 December 2024 Group member Dr Gaby Harris and Dr Felice McDowell (London College of Fashion) convened The ‘Ordinary Girl’ Symposium. This Symposium brought together scholars to explore an important yet often underlooked facet of Girlhood, that is to…