Oh look! An age hasn’t passed since my last update! š I just received the latest issue of the Costume Society Newsletter for Autumn 2016, and the two students who attended as Bursary winners wrote summaries of their experiences of the Manchester conference. They both included nice reviews of my talk!
The advice I had received … was to be open to every single talk; that titles in my programme could not be used to judge the lecture that would follow. This was much needed advice, as previously I had not seen the interest in Early Modern Needlework Pattern Books: Designs for Democracy, or in The Rise of the Fashionable Mass Produced Blouse: 1914-1918, design manufacture and consumption. Yet both of these held my fascination till the end. I saw their impact on the world around them and the people’s lives in which they were entwined. The speakers of both these lectures must be thanked and congratulated, as they were incredibly engaging and informative.
Thanks, Lily Batsford! I’m glad my genuine passion for my topic comes through when I share with others.
Ellie Birch wrote at length about how IĀ confirmedĀ aspects of her own dissertationĀ on gender inequality in Early Modern Britain. She starts by saying that I gaveĀ “a fascinating talk on the topic ofĀ Early Modern Needlework Pattern Books: Designs for Democracy...” Thanks, Ellie! I wish we’d been able to talk more about our shared interest.
Best wishes to both of them in their studies, and I hope to see them next year!
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