Fashion and textiles

The central focus of the group embodies object influenced or inspired research. It includes the development of garments and fabrics, and aims to challenge the boundaries existing in fashion and textiles discourse.

The research aims to:

• Develop and investigate the tension between established binary opposites, i.e. East/West, high/low, new/old, as well as questioning the notion of sight as the primary sense when encountering textile objects.
• Therefore the aims of the cluster centre on the praxis at which these opposites meet, not just as an exercise in fusion, but as an exploration of new approaches to understanding objects.
• This key aim therefore is to contribute to a wider appreciation of these issues, whilst contributing to the language of textiles.

Members:

• Sue Bradley
• Tracy Kendall
• Keninichi Nakayama
• Dr Jo Turney
• Tim Parry-Williams

Associate members:

• Rosemary Harden - Curator, Bath Fashion Museum
• Howard Batho

Major projects:

• Printed Dress in 20th Century