11/02/2022
Tailoring Suits, Shaping Bodies
Symposium & Roundtable
March 1st 2022, 16:30 – 19:00 CET, on zoom
The symposium examines the return of tailoring as an emblematic and defining attribute of contemporary fashion design and reflects on how structured, fitted garments like the suit no longer only embody ideas of tradition, masculinity, and respectability, but are increasingly used to disrupt concepts of s*x, gender, power, and conformity. �Noted fashion designers and fashion researchers will discuss on the role and future of tailoring in fashion with a particular attention to gender, identities and the body.
Organized and hosted by Dr. Monica Titton
Modeklasse, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Speakers:
• Nicola Brajato (fashion researcher, University of Antwerp)
• Peter Do (fashion designer, New York City)
• Jay McCauley Bowstead (author and fashion researcher, London)
Roundtable Discussion with Grace Wales Bonner (head of Fashion at Angewandte), Nicola Brajato, Peter Do, Jay McCauley Bowstead, and Rosalind McKever (curator, Victoria & Albert Museum London), Daisy Knatchbull (Founder of The Deck London).
Moderated by Dr. Monica Titton.
Open Q & A from the audience will follow.
Pleaser register for the event via Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tailoring-suits-shaping-bodies-symposium-and-panel-discussion-tickets-261855435657
Registered attendees will receive the Zoom link via email.
