Distribution Networks for Textiles and Dress, c. 1700-1945

A conference to be held at the University of Wolverhampton, UK on 8 and 9 September 2010

The Pasold Research Fund and the Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution (CHORD) invite proposals for a conference exploring the retailing and marketing of textiles and dress between c.1700 and 1945. Proposals are invited for papers on any aspect of this topic, on any distribution/retailing format, and focusing on any geographical area. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Advertising and branding
* Sales techniques, display and technologies
* Second-hand and ‘informal’ acquisition: charity; theft; gifting; inheritance
* Retail innovation and development
* Retail/distribution chains
* Fashion retailing and marketing
* International comparisons
* The relationship between retailing and production
* Retailing and class / gender / ethnicity /age

Proposals are invited both for individual papers and for sessions. Shorter papers (c.15 minutes) for a ‘New Researchers’ session are also welcome. Please send title, one page abstract, a list of 3 to 5 key words and if proposing a session, a cover letter with title and one-paragraph session description, to the address below (if possible via e-mail) by 19 March 2010. Please state whether you would like to be included in the New Researchers’ session.

For further information, please e-mail Laura Ugolini: L.Ugolini@wlv.ac.uk
onference web-pages: http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6086/2010conf.html

Call for papers : Fashion. Exploring Critical Issues

Fashion is a statement, a stylised form of expression which displays and begins to define a person, a place, a class, a time, a religion, a culture, and even a nation. This interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary conference seeks to explore the historical, social, cultural, psychological and artistic phenomenon of fashion. Fashion lies at the very heart of persons, their sense of identity and the communities in which they live. Individuals emerge as icons of beauty and style; cities are identified as centres of fashion. The project will assess the history and meanings of fashion; evaluate its expressions in politics, music, film, media and consumer culture; determine its effect on gender, sexuality, class, race, age and identity; examine the practice, tools, and business of fashion; consider the methodologies of studying fashion; and explore future directions and trends.

Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed are invited on issues related to any of the following themes: (...)

Look at the web site : http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/call-for-papers/

The Production, Commercialisation and Consumption of Luxury Textiles in Italy and the Burgundian Netherlands c. 1400-1600

On Friday the 30th April 2010, the workshop ‘The Production, Commercialisation and Consumption of Luxury Textiles in Italy and the Burgundian Netherlands c.1400-1600’ will be held at the University of St Andrews. Bringing together historians from Britain, Belgium, France and Italy, the workshop aims to examine the changes in the production, trade and use of luxury textiles from the fifteenth to the sixteenth centuries. Italian centres of Lucca and Venice produced numerous silks, damasks and velvets. These luxurious textiles were then imported for sale in the great urban centres of the Burgundian Netherlands.

The workshop will focus on both these areas, considering the many connections that existed between them and the way in which they interacted. In addition, the workshop will exhibit images of medieval and early modern tapestries from the Burrell Collection in Glasgow which has a collection of over 200 luxury textiles. The workshop will take place from 9.00am-5.30pm in Lower and Upper College Hall, St Andrews University.