Fashioning the Early Modern: Creativity and Innovation in Europe, 1500-1800

Early Modern Fashion in the Museum

26 April 2013The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

The Jubilee Room

09.00 Arrive & Registration

09.30 Welcome and IntroductionLesley Miller (V&A) & Evelyn Welch (King’s College, London)

09.45 The Fashion & Textile Galleries at The Bowes MuseumJoanna Hashagen (Bowes Museum) with Claire Gresswell (Blue Design)

10.45 Coffee break

11.15 Plans for Fashion GalleriesKirsten Toftegaard (Design Museum, Denmark)

11.45 Plans for Fashion MuseumPatrik Steorn (Stockholm University)

12.15 Lunch

14.00 The V&A and a new Fashion & Textiles QuarterClaire Wilcox (V&A)

14.30 Early Modern Dress & Textiles at the V&AClare Browne (V&A)

15.00 Coffee break

15.20 Panel discussion & responsesFiona Anderson (National Museums Scotland), Beverly Lemire (University of Alberta) & Mikkel Venborg Pedersen (National Museum of Denmark)

16.00 End

The project “Fashioning the Early Modern: Creativity and Innovation in Europe, 1500-1800” is financially supported by the HERA Joint Research Programme (www.heranet.info) which is co-funded by AHRC, AKA, DASTI, ETF, FNR, FWF, HAZU, IRCHSS, MHEST, NWO, RANNIS, RCN, VR and The European Community FP7 2007-2013, under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities programme.