Acknowledgements
To Dr. Daniel Richardson for his longstanding support, generosity of time and lively conversations; to Dr. Edmund Richardson for his astute scholarly insights, suggestions and support, my sincere thanks.
Notes
1 From 2004, Senior Fashion Curator at the V&A Museum; concurrently, from 2013, Professor of Fashion Curation at the London College of Fashion, U.A. L.
2 Wilcox, quoted in The Observer, October 24, 2020.
3 Professor Claire Wilcox in Conversation with Professor Amy de la Haye on Patch Work and working as Curators at the V&A Museum. Public Access Curator’s Talks, Center for Fashion Curation, L.C.F. December 11, 2020, 4–5 pm.
4 Storerooms: In 2013 the V&A Storerooms moved to the Clothmakers’ Center for Textiles, Fashion Study and Conservation. Blythe House, Kensington, Olympia, West London.
5 Dates of Exhibitions referenced in the text. Versace, October 17, 2002–January 12, 2003; Vivienne Westwood, April 1–July 11, 2004; Alexander McQueen, Savage Beauty, March 14–August 2, 2015; Co-curated, Frida Kahlo, Making Herself Up, June 16–November 18, 2018.
6 Wilcox, Claire (Citation2020). Mini Things. How to Spend It, F./T. Magazine. November 21. 62.
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Mary Frances Gormally
Mary Frances Gormally has lectured and published in the histories and theories of art and visual culture for over 30 years. Much of her work questions curatorial narratives and connects women’s art and the couture to wider political, material, esthetic and economic debates. She is Visiting Research Fellow in Visual Culture in the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education, U.W.E. Bristol, U.K. [email protected]