IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1103: Dress, Textile, and Convention (or Not), I
Wednesday 11 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | DISTAFF: Discussion, Interpretation & Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics & Fashions |
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Organiser: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
Moderator/Chair: | Elizabeth Coatsworth, now retired |
Paper 1103-a | Out of Date and Overdressed: The Horned Headresses of St Frideswide's Cloister (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Daily Life |
Paper 1103-b | What Not to Wear: Manipulated Masculinity in the Galaunt Tradition (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Middle English |
Paper 1103-c | Clothing of Parisian Prostitutes, 1350-1500 (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Women's Studies |
Paper 1103-d | The Pourpoint of Charles VI of France: Structural Details Revealed (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General |
Abstract | This session argues that there may be more meaning embodied in the horn-bedecked ladies' heads that decorate the cloister of the cathedral at Oxford than meets the eye; traces the relationship between sartorial choices and altered masculinity in Galaunt literature from the late 14th century to the end of the 15th; examines the dress of Paris women living outside convention; and explores in detail the tailoring of a rare, extant medieval garment and how it integrated with a metal armour harness. |