For this year’s DATS conference, Elli Michaela Young from Middlesex University will present their paper ‘Tailored Resistance: West Indian Migrants and the Power of Dress in Post-1948 Britain’. For more details see link below bit.ly/3UDR3is

For those of you unable to attend this year's DATS conference in person it will also be as a recorded version. The recorded version will be available for 3 months. For more information about the conference and the recorded version see link below bit.ly/3UDR3is

We are starting off our conference with the first speakers for the day. The first presenters will be speaking about the different topic around 'Textile Revelations'. For more details about the speakers and the programme see link below bit.ly/3UDR3is

Our next speakers will be presenting their papers around the various topics of ‘Exhibiting Influence’. For more details about the speakers and the programme see link below bit.ly/3UDR3is

For our final day of the conference, we are starting with the speakers that will present their papers around the topic ‘Collaborative Decisions’. For more details about the speakers and the programme see link below bit.ly/3UDR3is

Our next speaker is our keynote speaker, Andrew Ibi, that will present his paper ‘The Missing Thread Untold Stories of Black British Fashion’. For more details about the speakers and the programme see link below bit.ly/3UDR3is

Our final speakers for this year’s conference will present their paper around the topic ‘Defying Territories’. For more details about the speakers and the programme see link below bit.ly/3UDR3is

Amazing opportunity! Fully funded PhD opportunity to study ‘Embroidering Empire: Women, Textiles, and Colonial Collecting, 1872-1950’. For more details see post and link below bit.ly/48aii9F

Upcoming online lunch lecture, ‘The Glen Affric Tartan: Decoding a unique survivor’. It will take place at 1pm on Nov. 13. The lecture is led by Icon - The Institute of Conservation and Peter McDonald. The talk will explore oldest known surviving specimen of true tartan. bit.ly/48sVRwo

There are some limited places still available on the workshop ‘Material literacy in object-based studies’ at @UU_University , Sweden Dec 4. Find more details about the workshop and how to attend on the link down below bit.ly/494i8kj

Call for papers! Università di Napoli L'Orientale and UHA have opened their call for papers for the conference ‘Textiles: The texture of ideas in early modern Europe (1589-1801).' For more information about the conference see link below bit.ly/4gylChy

Exciting workshop! Museum of Gloucester and Burnley & Trowbridge are holding a weekend mantua making workshop, led by Brooke Welborn. The workshop takes place over 14 and 15th of February. For more details about the workshop and how to attend see link below bit.ly/4h3Td3l

Exciting workshop! The National Archives is organising a one-day training workshop on Practical Archival Skills Training which will have its focus on records of registered designs. The workshop takes place 5 March. See link for more details bit.ly/4grCQwI

Call for papers! Dress Historians have opened their call for papers for their conference ‘The New Research in Dress History’. They are looking for new perspectives and new discoveries in the dress historian field. For more details see link below bit.ly/3D2Cyia

'What are the immediate threats to hand skills in your direct experience?' Costume Society UK has an ongoing partnership with Heritage Crafts and they now want to hear from you and what your experiences are. For more details see link below bit.ly/4kFiqDY

Save the date! Our DATS 2025 conference will take place the 24th and 25thof September at the University of Brighton . The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Shaping Culture through Dress and Textiles’, celebrating 50 years of our specialist network. More details to follow

Funding opportunity for MA students. @Costume Society UK grant is aimed at helping an MA student engaged in high quality research into the history of dress and/or textiles. Deadline is 31 May, for more details see link below. bit.ly/4isdL5Z

New exhibition ‘Fashioning Frequencies’ at London College of Fashion . The exhibition explores fashion as a conduit for identity, agency, and history and is on now until June 21st. Fore more details on how to attend see link below.

Grant available for museum staff. Pasold Research Fund Raine Grant is to assist individual staff working in UK museums and other public collections/institutions, including curators and conservators, for object-based research into textile history. For more information see link below

Exciting talk Dress in the Age of Jane Austen. Chertsey Museum is holding a lively and fascinating talk from a renowned Regency scholar and lecturer Hilary Davidson that takes place 28th June. For more details on tickets and how to attend see link below. bit.ly/4j1bDSL