Decolonising Fashion

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2022-05-10

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De Montfort University: Stephen Lawrence Centre

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Conference

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Abstract

This presentation gives an overview of the current movement to decolonise the fashion industry, on the back of the Rhodes Must Fall movement and Black Lives Matter. Key designers discussed include Grace Wales-Bonner, Le Tings, alongside Small Axe by Steve McQueen and the portraits of 1970s Lewisham youth by John Goto.

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The talk can be watched on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHTB9WLm60&t=202s

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decolonise, fashion, Rhodes Must Fall, Grace Wales-Bonner

Citation

Hudson-Miles, R. (2022) Decolonising Fashion. Decolonising DMU Conference, Stephen Lawrence Research Centre [online], De Montfort University, 10th May 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rHTB9WLm60&t=202s

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Research Institute