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Dr Suzanne Rowland is a lecturer in fashion and dress history in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Brighton. She is a material culture scholar and interdisciplinary theorist with broad research interests in fashion design, manufacturing, and cross-class consumption from the early nineteenth century to the present day. With a background as a costume maker in film and theatre, she is particularly interested in how dress is manufactured and its corporeal relationship to the body. Her AHRC/Design Star PhD research investigated the design and wholesale manufacturing of women’s fashionable blouses during the 1910s through material culture, Actor-Network Theory, and storytelling.
Suzanne is a committee member of the following research networks:
Centre for Deign History, University of Brighton Centre for Design History
‘Tailored Clothes for Women’ research project supported by University of Brighton and European Research group Apparences, Corps et Sociétés http://gis-acorso.com/
19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed https://c19thdressandtextilesreframed.wordpress.com
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The role of design, technology, female labour, and business networks in the rise of the fashionable, lightweight, ready-made blouse in Britain, 1909-1919, University of Brighton
Fellow (FHEA), University of Brighton
Master, History of Design and Material Culture, University of Brighton
Bachelor, Cultural Studies
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"In Want of a Capable Women”: Rediscovering blouse designers in the wholesale, ready-made trade in Britain through material culture (1909-1920)
Rowland, S., 28 Dec 2023, Everyday Fashion : Interpreting British Clothing Since 1600. Bide, B., Halbert, J. & Tregenza, L. (eds.). Bloomsbury PublishingResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review
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The Living, the Dead, the Comatose and the Reborn: the condition of small and middle size museums with dress collections in the south and southeast of England
Nicklas, C., Taylor, L. & Rowland, S., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Fashion and dress in small, medium-sized and regional museums in Europe. Lethuillier, E. B. J-P. & Mentges, G. (eds.). Presses Universitaires de RennesResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter › peer-review
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“A Day in the Life of Daisy the Blouse Maker in 1916”: Storytelling as a Creative Research and Teaching methodology in Fashion History
Rowland, S., 12 Dec 2022, In: Fashion Studies. 4, 1, 25 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Doing Research in Fashion and Dress: An Introduction to Qualitative Methods, Second Edition, Yuniya Kawamura, Bloomsbury, London, England, 2020
Rowland, S., 1 Sept 2021, In: The Journal of Dress History. 5, 3, p. 181-183 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book Review › peer-review
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How the humble blouse got women out to work and revolutionised a city's manufacturing industry in the process
Rowland, S., 3 Sept 2020, In: The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Dress Devolution
Suzanne Rowland (Keynote speaker)
6 Jul 2023Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Unpicking Global Networks in British Blouse Design and Manufacturing (1880s-1920s)
Suzanne Rowland (Participant)
27 Apr 2023Activity: Events › Event
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Thinking Through Making II
Johanna Lance (Organiser) & Suzanne Rowland (Organiser)
29 Mar 2023Activity: Events › Conference
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Thinking Through Making
Johanna Lance (Organiser) & Suzanne Rowland (Organiser)
3 Feb 2023Activity: Events › Conference