Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Selvedge Issue 32 (January/February 2010)


The latest issue of Selvedge is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

INDULGE textiles to buy, collect or simply admire
  • Timeless Classic wardrobe staples
  • Starter for ten Pared down essentials for the coming decade
  • Confidences Sveta Dresher shares the highs and lows of the hand made

INDUSTRY from craft to commerce

  • COVER STORY Men of the Cloth Ptolemy Mann meets a group of textile masters in the making

ANECDOTE textiles that touch our lives

  • Hard times The fortitude of the fairer sex in wartime
  • Together we stand Resolve to get out more and meet like-minded friends
  • COVER STORY Cinderellas in breeches Land girl uniforms
  • Frontline fancy goods In wartime a privileged few didn't have to 'make do' at all
  • Curator's Choice Rebecca Arnold chooses from the Courtauld collection

CONCEPT textiles in fine art

  • Another man's shoes Jim Naughten takes the measure of historical re-enactors
  • It's not the job, it's the cabbage The embroidered work of Susie Vickery

ATTIRE critical reporting of fashion trends

  • Nighty night The history of pyjamas and night caps
  • Underwear John Smedley's strong foundations

COHABIT stunning interiors beautifully photographed

  • COVER STORY Bespoke living Tailor Timothy Everest has fashioned the perfect studio

INFORM the latest news, reviews and exhibition listings

  • bias/contributors
  • correspondence
  • news
  • sustain
  • how to... blend linen water
  • design file Laura Ashley
  • international listings Exhibitions, fairs, events
  • read Bauhaus Women
  • view Beware of Embroidery, I. Butterfly, Embellishment, Foale and Tuffin
  • resources
  • Selvedge events Join us for the first Selvedge film night. The evening will be introduced by Sue Pritchard curator of textiles at the V&A who will talk about narrative in quilts before a screening of How to make an American Quilt.
  • coming next The Quilt Issue: Piecing together the layers

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