Written by Lin Gardner Due to the shortages caused by World War II, the UK was forced to expand its collection and reclamation of materials like rags, bone and …
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Round the World in Knitted Objects, Online Colloquium 15 October 2021
Helen Kempton, MLitt Student Dress and Textile Histories When Dr Adelheid Rasche reappeared with an interior photo of a seventeenth-century knitted silk jacket, the excitement was palpable – even …
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‘Scotch Knitwear’: Reading a Twomax Dress
Written by Isabella Wagner As a student who has spent some time studying the history of dress, I have been continually surprised and amazed by the incredible storytelling potential …
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