Style in the Subtropics: White Gloves event unites Fashion, History, Book and Australian Women Pioneers
Announcement posted by The Fashion Archives Org 06 Apr 2016
Saturday 16 April | State Library of Queensland
A white glove affair to toast the original, eclectic (and occasionally eccentric!) style of the sunshine state, hosted by fashion experts and authors of Remotely Fashionable, Dr Nadia Buick and Madeleine King.
Don white gloves with Australia’s most respected dress historian, Associate Professor Margaret Maynard, for an exclusive look at fashion materials from the John Oxley Library collection usually tucked away in the archives.
Hear sartorial stories about the female pioneers of Queensland’s avant-garde scene, as revealed by Dr Courtney Pedersen.
Enjoy a champagne high tea and book signing in the VIP boardroom.
Saturday 16 April, 2pm, $30
Fox Family White Gloves Room, Level 4, State Library of Queensland
Event includes a white-gloves experience, talk, book signing and sparkling high tea and 10% Library Shop discount.
Presented in partnership with the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame and State Library of Queensland
Bookings
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The Fashion Archives is an original online project exploring the past and present of fashion in Queensland, Australia. Established in 2012 by Co-Directors Nadia Buick and Madeleine King, The Fashion Archives online has brought together over sixty local artists, designers, writers, academics, and curators, to tell the story of style in the 'sunshine state'. In 2014, Buick and King were awarded the inaugural Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellowship for their project 'High Street Histories'. In 2015, they released Remotely Fashionable: a story of subtropical style, the first critical and comprehensive book to examine fashion and dress in Queensland with foreword by Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson.
Dr Nadia Buick is a curator, writer, and editor with a research background in fashion, art history, and cultural studies. Buick completed her doctorate in curatorial practice at the Queensland University of Technology in 2013. Her exhibition projects include Costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Museum of Brisbane, 2015.
Madeleine King is a writer and curator working across fashion and visual art. King has a Master of Arts at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, and is Operations Manager at the Institute of Modern Art. She previously worked for Media Art Asia Pacific (MAAP) as Research and Program Development Manager.
The Fashion Archives
Instagram: the_fashion_archives
Facebook: The Fashion Archives
FOR INTERVIEWS, IMAGES AND MORE INFORMATION
Please contact House of Rusher Communications Collective
Emma Rusher T 0423 214 626
Julie Thomson T 0427 723 198
E doorsopen@houseofrusher.com
Don white gloves with Australia’s most respected dress historian, Associate Professor Margaret Maynard, for an exclusive look at fashion materials from the John Oxley Library collection usually tucked away in the archives.
Hear sartorial stories about the female pioneers of Queensland’s avant-garde scene, as revealed by Dr Courtney Pedersen.
Enjoy a champagne high tea and book signing in the VIP boardroom.
Saturday 16 April, 2pm, $30
Fox Family White Gloves Room, Level 4, State Library of Queensland
Event includes a white-gloves experience, talk, book signing and sparkling high tea and 10% Library Shop discount.
Presented in partnership with the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame and State Library of Queensland
Bookings
Online
The Fashion Archives is an original online project exploring the past and present of fashion in Queensland, Australia. Established in 2012 by Co-Directors Nadia Buick and Madeleine King, The Fashion Archives online has brought together over sixty local artists, designers, writers, academics, and curators, to tell the story of style in the 'sunshine state'. In 2014, Buick and King were awarded the inaugural Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame Fellowship for their project 'High Street Histories'. In 2015, they released Remotely Fashionable: a story of subtropical style, the first critical and comprehensive book to examine fashion and dress in Queensland with foreword by Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson.
Dr Nadia Buick is a curator, writer, and editor with a research background in fashion, art history, and cultural studies. Buick completed her doctorate in curatorial practice at the Queensland University of Technology in 2013. Her exhibition projects include Costumes from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Museum of Brisbane, 2015.
Madeleine King is a writer and curator working across fashion and visual art. King has a Master of Arts at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, and is Operations Manager at the Institute of Modern Art. She previously worked for Media Art Asia Pacific (MAAP) as Research and Program Development Manager.
The Fashion Archives
Instagram: the_fashion_archives
Facebook: The Fashion Archives
FOR INTERVIEWS, IMAGES AND MORE INFORMATION
Please contact House of Rusher Communications Collective
Emma Rusher T 0423 214 626
Julie Thomson T 0427 723 198
E doorsopen@houseofrusher.com