Dress and Textiles I: Celebrating Ten Years of Medieval Clothing and Textiles

Sponsoring Organization(s)

DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion)

Organizer Name

Robin Netherton

Organizer Affiliation

DISTAFF

Presider Name

Gale R. Owen-Crocker

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Manchester

Paper Title 1

The Bliaut: What We Can Say (And What We Really Can't)

Presenter 1 Name

Monica L. Wright

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette

Paper Title 2

The Semiotics of Clothing: Sumptuary Legislation and Moral and Satirical Diatribes against Fashionable Dress

Presenter 2 Name

Louise Sylvester

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Westminster

Paper Title 3

"A notre seignur le rey . . . pur vesture pur lour cotes": Evidence for Cloth and Clothing in the Medieval Petitions

Presenter 3 Name

Mark Campbell Chambers

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Durham Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 209