Cotton Connections: From India to the High Street will be at Lotherton from March 31 until October 15, 2023. A range of events and talks will also accompany the exhibition. news.leeds.gov.uk/news/cottons-c…

I'd be interested in getting everyone's opinion of the recent Dior Pre-fall 2023 show in Mumbai. Meha Priyadarshini you might find this madras shirt dress noteworthy Connecting Threads Deepthi Murali @avfotheringham Dr Victoria de Lorenzo

Deepthi Murali fashioningtheself.bsky.social Connecting Threads @avfotheringham Dr Victoria de Lorenzo Madras was a staple in Ralph Lauren’s spring 2023 show, although he has been using it for a while and I’m not sure Indian crafts persons are getting their due when he uses it. This image is from a show in the US last year.

Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, joint with the AHA and RRCHNM. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. historians.org/awards-and-gra…

Today I visited the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli and saw this fresco of the the baker Terentius Neo and his wife (who is not identified) that was excavated from the archaeological site at Pompeii. His wife is in the foreground, which is unusual and shows her potentially equal status in the

Exciting new volume and the book launch is next week! Connecting Threads

We had a great day looking at Madras kerchiefs yesterday for the Connecting Threads project! In the evening @avfotheringham gave a fantastic lecture on our findings to the Indian Art Circle SOAS University of London organised by Mehreen Chida-Razvi PhD (@mchidarazvi.bsky.social). #fashionhistory #globalhistory

What's the role of empathy in studying & teaching history, & for research? How might we categorise empathy in historical practice? What is history without empathy? Sarah Fox's article, 'Archival Intimacies', now available in 'Transactions Royal Historical Society' #twitterstorians

Thank you Ruth Egger for having invited us Connecting Threads to present the project to your students at the University of Tubingen

Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the V&A on October 11th! We will be launching Connecting Threads project website with a great line-up of speakers. Join us in London or online: vam.ac.uk/event/YGVBDZm3… vam.ac.uk/event/8dwdoL5w…

Join us for the launch event and symposium on checked Indian textiles in India and the Caribbean on October 11 at V&A. The symposium is in-person & online. Register here: vam.ac.uk/event/YGVBDZm3… Core team: Meha Priyadarshini Deepthi Murali @avfotheringham Dr Victoria de Lorenzo

Join me at the V&A in London on October 11th for a symposium on the global history of a fascinating, yet understudied textile: madras. This event marks the launch of the website for Connecting Threads, a project on which I had the honor of advising. vam.ac.uk/event/YGVBDZm3…

Calling all #Indian #textile enthusiasts! This fabulous event will be at the V&A on Oct 11. Hope to see you there! Connecting Threads

This madras headwrap, now housed in the permanent collection of Louisiana State Museums, was worn by Mary Franklin, an enslaved woman referred to as "Pinkie" by the donor's grandmother Marion Hoey Stem. Following the Civil War, Franklin remained with the donor's grandmother, and the

Jonathan Square fashioningtheself.bsky.social will be one of the speakers for Connecting Threads launch event next month! Please join us online or in London!

So good to be back V&A for the Connecting Threads event on Madras Textiles in the Caribbean! A great programme promised a great day of global textiles connections!

In a few hours, I will begin my talk at the V&A with an analysis of this silk tartan turban. This turban is a representation of the romanticization and appropriation of Scottish dress at the turn of the eighteenth into the nineteenth century. George IV's 1822 visit to Edinburgh

Review of our Connecting Threads event on the British Library Untold Lives blog