Fashion

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Dr Tets Kimura smiling and sitting at a table in the Special Collections Reading Room with material relating to Japanese fashion spread out in front of him

2023 National Library of Australia Fellow, Dr Tets Kimura

Japanese fashion: History, evolution, influences and meaning

Hear from Dr Tets Kimura about his research, his time at the Library and what he’s doing next.

Blog
A black and white image of two women. One is seated and the other is standing with her arm around the seated woman.

Students of Taisei Girls High School in Japan c.1944. Photo courtesy of Harue Goto.

Grief in World War II expressed in art and fashion with Dr Tets Kimura

Dr Tets Kimura presented a lecture on his 2023 National Library Fellowship research into how grief was experienced during the Asia-Pacific War in two different nations, Australia and Japan, and how it is identifiable in art and fashion.

Event
Artistic image of a blonde woman with light eyes smiling slightly in front of a pink and orange background

Image of a model on the cover of Vogue Australia magazine

A brief look into the history of Australian fashion

Strut down the catwalk of Australian fashion history with the Library’s collection.

Blog
Cover of the book 'Telling Lives'
Vintage Crochet

National Library of Australia

Book
NLA Publishing book
An old photograph of people in sensible clothing going for a walk in the bush.
Photographs of the anti-fashion Rational Dress Movement

The Library has recently acquired 3 photographs from a Rational Dress Movement picnic in 1895.

News article
2023 National Library of Australia Fellow Dr Lorinda Cramer
Unravelling the history of Australian fashion

Hear from Dr Lorinda Cramer about her research into Australian wool and her experience as a 2023 National Library Fellow.

Blog
Presentation of Wool cover AWW supplement 1961
From shoddy to superfine: a material history of Australian wool with Dr Lorinda Cramer

Dr Lorinda Cramer presented a lecture on her 2023 National Library Fellowship research about the material history of Australian wool.

Event
Cover of the book 'Vintage Knits'
Vintage Knits

National Library of Australia

Book
NLA Publishing book

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