PATTERNS OF FASHION 7 | STUDY DAY & BOOK LAUNCH

FULL PROGRAMME 

9.30am—10am   Registration 

10am—11.30am   Session 1. Presentations on the CONTENT of 17th Century Menswear 

This session will be chaired by Prof. Maria Hayward (TBC), Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Southampton. 10am—10.25am Introduction on Patterns of Fashion 7 by Hattie Barsby 

10.30am—10.55am Presentation 1: In pursuit of a suit: a view from the archives   

Dr Philip Sykas 

11am—11.25am Presentation 2:  ‘Onde’ silks and ‘Wata’ fibres   

Irene D’Antonio 

11.30am—11.50am   Break 

11.50am—1pm Session 2. MINI-WORKSHOPS on 17th century Menswear. Participants can choose three subjects (15-20 minutes each) for this session. 

1pm—2pm Lunch Break (please bring your own, no catering provided). 

2pm—3pm Session 3.  Presentations on the CUT & CONSTRUCTION of 17th Century Menswear 

This session will be chaired by Dr Susan North, Senior Curator of Fashion (1550 1800) at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. 

2pm—2.25pm Presentation 3: The cut nailed down   

Melanie Braun 

2.30pm—2.55pm Presentation 4: ‘From his Waist to his Knees’ — exploring construction techniques of European men’s legwear in the seventeenth century   

Paweł Tomaszewski 

3pm—4.10pm Session 4. MINI-WORKSHOPS on 17th century Menswear. Participants can choose three subjects (15-20 minutes each) for this session. 

4.10pm—4.30pm Break 

4.30pm—6pm Session 5. Presentations on the CONTEXT of 17th Century Menswear 

This session will be chaired by Uthra Rajgopal, Independent Curator in South Asian textiles. 

4.30pm—4.55pm Presentation 5: ‘For scarlet silk prunello to line the coat and make pockets and face pantaloons’; documents that talk as loudly as textiles in the seventeenth century 

Dr Niki Miles 

5pm—5.25pm Presentation 6: The seventeenth century waistcoat: something old, something new, something borrowed, something true  

Prof. Jenny Tiramani 

5.30pm—5.55pm Presentation 7: Uncovering a missing link: the Tunick revealed 

Sébastien Passot 

6pm—7pm Evening break (please bring your own food, no catering provided) 

7pm—9.30pm Session 6. LIVE DRESSINGS on models of 17th Century European Menswear: 

• A suit in scarlet wool, c.1615 

• A Burgher’s suit in black wool, c.1625 

• 2 pairs of petticoat breeches with a doublet and a tunick, c.1655–70 

• The wedding suit of Sir Thomas Isham, 1681 

• A Jappan Gown, c.1690