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Wessie Ling’s Victoria & Albert Museum Presentation and Exhibit, Jan 28, 2011(0)

19/01/2011

IDN Fashion Steering Group member Wessie Ling will be presenting “China through the Looking Glass” at the Victoria & Albert  on January 28, 2011.   Details below. If you are in London on the 28th, please join her (I’ll be in California, but Wessie will be sending photos, etc, which I will post here).   JLF

 Date:  28 January [...]

Wessie Ling’s Victoria & Albert Museum Presentation and Exhibit, Jan 28, 2011

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To discuss fashion (and have a good time doing so!), we travelled  to Oxford University from the UK, the USA, Canada, France, Italy, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Japan, China, South Africa, Nigeria, Australia, and New Zealand.   More photos coming.    Best wishes, Jacque Lynn Foltyn,  Fashion Project Leader
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I have been thinking about the comments under Anna Wintour and American Fashion:  Lots of thoughts about the intersection of weight, age, and fashion, and my thoughts are all over the place, but I’m  a sociologist, not a philosopher (Rob!) and I am in a bit of hurry, so here goes.  Rob is correct about the press [...]


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