Not Quite Jean Muir
In a diary charting a sewing challenge, fashion historian Jade Halbert reflects on the skills of textile workers she has interviewed exploring the fashion trade in Glasgow.
Jade Halbert lectures in fashion, but has never done any sewing. She swaps pen and paper for needle and thread to create a dress from a Jean Muir pattern. In a diary charting her progress, she reflects on the skills of textile workers she has interviewed as part of a project charting the fashion trade in Glasgow and upon the banning of pins on a factory floor, the experiences of specialist sleeve setters and cutters, and whether it is ok to lick your chalk.
Jade Halbert is a Lecturer, Fashion Business and Cultural Studies at the University of Huddersfield. You can find her investigation into fashion and the high street as a Radio 3 Sunday Feature /programmes/m000gvpn and taking part in a Free Thinking discussion called The Joy of Sewing /programmes/m0002mk2
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