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To all our followers; we have decided to close our ICOM Costume X account & will not post beyond 2023. Thank you for all your support, engagement & interest in dress, textiles and museums. Keep in touch with us on Facebook, Instagram & Linked In. Image: Cincinnati Art Museum

We are shocked and desperately saddened to learn that the famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall has been felled overnight, in what appears to be an act of vandalism. We know just how much this iconic tree is loved locally, nationally and by everyone who has visited. We are working with our partners to understand what has happened and what can be done. The incident has also been reported to the police.

Design Studio FormaFantasma on the Exhibition Oltre Terra. Why Wool Matters at the National Museum, Oslo 13 Sept 2023, 3pm Paris time, 1hr program register eventbrite.com/e/billets-icda… organized by ICOM ICDAD and supported by ICOM Costume #dress #wool #fabric

'You don’t go to the Mass-Observation archives to get a representative sample of opinion. It isn’t a Mori poll. You go to get at something being lived through: a sense of felt experience in all its particularity and peculiarity.' theconversation.com/a-weather-map-…

Visit costume.mini.icom.museum/meeting/genera… for all the details of our annual conference #conference #ICOMCostume

Registration for our Edinburgh meeting closes today! costume.mini.icom.museum/annual-confere…

The Windrush passenger list has gone on display at @UkNatArchives in the 75th anniversary year of the landmark voyage. Behind each neatly typed name lies the story of a traveller who took part in a voyage that helped to shape modern Britain. metro.co.uk/2023/06/09/win…

This is an important MA studentship for individuals who identify as members of African, Asian diaspora or any minoritised ethnic groups interested in museums and curating. Please circulate widely @SAHM_UK @weare_sass @BLAsia_Africa @CHH_India #museums #curating #heritage

CFP for our conference in October @UlsterMuseum is now online: dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/conferences-an… Please spread the word! And send us your proposals! Theme: Networks and Interchange

Gran oportunidad para interactuar con otros profesionales de museos de moda y textil del mundo!

Our annual conference Edinburgh 25-28 September registration is now open. deadline for registration 30 June #annualMeeting #Costume #Dress #AllTheColoursOfBlack

Am really excited to be co-supervising a fully funded V&A/CSM PhD beginning in September, with Christine Checinska, Alistair O'Neill and Susan North, deadline 14th June, 'Fashioning Black Identities in Early Modern Britain', please share: arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/f…

It’s been interesting to see the comments around this story and how it has attracted worldwide attention. We know that many families don’t visit museums because they are worried about how they should behave and being judged on their behaviour. #KidsInMuseums 1/

ICOM COSTUME ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2023 Call for Papers costume.mini.icom.museum/meeting/icom-c…

Wow, packing and moving the Fashion Museum collection out of the Assembly Rooms has been a huge project, but we’ve done it! 👏 These galleries have been our happy home for 60 wonderful years, but we’re looking forward to the next chapter of the Fashion Museum #FashionOurFuture

Poets’ dress code: what the clothes of Sylvia Plath, Audre Lorde and Stevie Smith tell us about their inner lives theguardian.com/fashion/2023/f… #WhatWritersWear

Save the date! Annual Meeting 25 - 27 September #ICOMCostume #AnnualMeeting #Edinburgh

Really fascinating: «Clothing the Pandemic: A Virtual Exhibition of COVID-19 Face Masks from Around the World» @ICOMCostume clothingthepandemic.museum

Just a couple more weeks to tell us about your research in dress history, fashion and textiles for our symposium 'Stitches that Speak' at DMU! Our fantastic keynote speakers are @LucieWhitmore and @bethanbide biographythroughobjects.our.dmu.ac.uk #dresshistory #fashionhistory #CFP