Speakers

This one day event showcases exciting new research undertaken by the Enterprise of Culture project team and offers an insight into the European fashion industry around the world, looking at topics such as influential brands from Biba and Mary Quant to today’s H&M, Italian fashion and the role of the department store buyer, Scottish tartan and tweed, the international reach of British textiles, luxury and fashion.

We welcome speakers from the V&A, the Centre for Business History Stockholm, archive collections, the fashion industry and researchers from the universities of Leeds, Oslo, Newcastle, Erasmus Rotterdam, Heriot Watt and St Andrews, plus special guests:

Regina Lee Blaszczyk, University of Leeds
Moon: from Yorkshire mill to global brand

Shiona Chillas, Melinda Grewar, Barbara Townley: University of St Andrews
Making heritage fashion: Scottish tartan and tweed

Elaine Evans, Yorkshire Fashion Archive, University of Leeds
Synthetic fibres and the everyday wardrobe

Edwina Ehrman, V&A
Janet Reger, 1967-1983: Creating and marketing a luxury lingerie brand

Ingrid Giertz-Martenson, Centre for Business History, Stockholm
Secrets behind the core values of H&M

Tereza Kuldova, University of Oslo
Outlaws in fashion business: Hells Angels vs. Alexander McQueen

Andrew MacLaren (speaker), Ewan Knox, Robert MacIntosh, Alan McKinlay: Heriot Watt University / Newcastle University research team
Mary Quant, Biba and the lifestyle brand

Véronique Pouillard, University of Oslo
Haute couture goes global: Networks, markets and challenges in the post-war era

Sonnet Stanfill, V&A
Anonymous tastemakers- American department store buyers and Italian fashion

Ben Wubs, Erasmus University Rotterdam
LVHM: Storytelling and organizing creativity in luxury and fashion

A round table discussion will be facilitated by writer, curator and broadcaster, Lou Stoppard, with guests Simon Chilvers, Rosanna Falconer and Mandi Lennard.