09 Sep Wearing antiquity: modern fashion and the past 2000 BCE – 1000 CE.

Os dejamos aquí el CfP (en inglés) del próximo encuentro del proyecto Imagines:

A call for those working in / about fashion

Wearing antiquity: modern fashion and the past 2000 BCE – 1000 AD

9th International Conference IMAGINES

19-21 March 2025, Senate House, London

The past is an alluring place. It has been a long standing influence for artists that not only seek inspiration for their work but also to establish a connection between that past and  their own time. 

Even fashion has not remained insensitive to the influence of antiquity; its constant process of renewal makes it the ideal means to bring the past to the general public that might have limited access to other ways of interacting with the past. Fashion is also a way of expressing one’s identity, that might be rooted in distant lands and times.

The conference Wearing antiquity aims to bring together scholars, heritage professionals and practitioners (fashion designers, pattern cutters, publicists and others) to discuss how and why the past remains such an important influence on modern fashion. Understanding fashion in its broader sense and including also (and not only): jewellery, shoes, makeup, hairstyles, tattoos or publicity.

We aim to have both papers and demonstrations on the following topics (the list is not extensive):

– Fashion projects and designers that have been inspired by antiquity

– Pattern cutting and technology – i. e. Fortuny pleating

– The role of antiquity in advertising and fashion discourse

– Archaeological discoveries and fashion

– Body modification – dress reform, tattooing

– Fashion and national identity

Enquiries, proposals (300 words) and short biographies should be sent to Charo Rovira Guardiola (rosario.rovira@sas.ac.uk) no later than the 30th September 2024. The abstract should clearly state the argument of the paper, in keeping with the topic of the conference. The language of the conference is English but we will consider other languages.

A selection of contributions (in English) will be considered for a volume publication by Bloomsbury in the series ‘Imagines – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts’.

For more information on the Imagines Project: //www.imagines-project.org/

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