Speakers

Sonnet Stanfill, V&A, London
Sonnet Stanfill is curator of Curator of twentieth and twenty-first century fashion at the V&A, London, where she has worked since 1999. Her exhibition projects at the V&A include Ossie Clark (2003), New York Fashion Now (2007) and co-curation of Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 (2012), for which she also co-edited the accompanying publication. Her exhibition on Italian fashion, along with a corresponding publication, opens at the museum in 2014.

Regina Lee Blaszczyk, School of History, University of Leeds
Regina Lee Blaszczyk is the Project Leader for ‘The Enterprise of Culture’. She joined the School of History, University of Leeds, as Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society in 2013.  She is an associate editor at the Journal of Design History and has published seven books and numerous articles on the history of design, innovation, and consumer culture.

Emanuela Scarpellini, State University, Milan
Emanuela Scarpellini is Professor of Modern History at the State University, Milan, and director of the MIC Center for Fashion Studies and director of the MIC Center for Fashion Studies.

Elizabeth Currie
Elizabeth Currie is a lecturer and researcher specializing in fashion, art and design history.

Oriole Cullen, V&A, London
Oriole Cullen is Acting Senior Curator of Fashion, V&A. Oriole specializes in twentieth and twenty first century fashion & curates the V&A’s Fashion in Motion shows.


Lucia Savi, V&A, London
Lucia Savi is a Research Assistant of the V&A’s exhibition The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014.