Costume Society Research Articles

Fashionable Life in Eighteenth-Century Gdansk: The Drawings of Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801)

Alexandra Kajdanska was granted the Doreen Yarwood Award in 2003. The award was eventually taken up in 2005 and a preliminary report was published in the Costume Society's Newsletter in 2007. This paper places Daniel Chodowiecki in historical content and comments on a number of his drawings which present the lifestyle of his friends and countrymen in and around the Polish city of Gdansk in 1773.

The Dress Must Be White, and Perfectly Plain and Simple: Confirmation and First Communion Dress, 1850–2000

The basis for this article was a paper given at the Annual Symposium of the Costume Society in Norwich in 1998, on the theme of religious dress. It has been expanded with further research. This article traces the history and development of special dress worn for the sacraments of confirmation and first communion in the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. Before the 1850s no special dress was required; the growth of the fashion for increasingly elaborate white dresses and veils post-1850 seems to have been fostered by the growing affluence of the middle classes and by the fashion press. Special dress for Anglican confirmation declined in popularity in the later twentieth century, while dress for Catholic first communion, in contrast, has become, like dress for weddings, an occasion for an orgy of consumerism.

New and Recent Books

Abstract These books are not available from the Costume Society but must be obtained from bookshops or the institutions concerned.

New and Recent Books

These books are not available from the Costume Society but must be obtained from bookshops or the institutions concerned

Anne Mary Buck OBE, BA, FMA, 1910–2005

I first met Anne Buck, not at a meeting of the Costume Society, nor the Group for Costume and Textile Staff in museums, nor the Museums Assistants Group (all of which could claim her as a member), but at a meeting of the Society for Folk Life Studies. For a young curator, this was akin to meeting a legend. Indeed, she was a legend, though an extremely human one. Anne was always interested in people and made it her business to encourage those younger members of the profession in which she was such a star. In the case of those who may have been slightly diffident, she was a strong proponent of positive action. I still treasure the letter from her asking my ‘permission’ to put my name forward for a position on the committee of the Costume Society!

New and Recent books

These books are not available from the Costume Society but must be obtained from bookshops or the institutions concerned.

The Class of 2004 Fellows

First awarded in 1991, the designation of Fellow of the Costume Society of America is an honor bestowed on CSA members who have demonstrated exceptional participation and outstanding service to CSA and have made significant contributions to the field of costume. Selection as Fellow of the Costume Society of America is the highest award the Society can bestow on its members. All members of the Society may submit names of members they wish to nominate for this honor.

New and Recent Books

These books are not available from the Costume Society but must be obtained from bookshops or the institutions concerned.

‘whythe bendys a-bove hyr harnys’: An Investigation into the ‘Bend’ as a Part of Fifteenth-Century Military Clothing

Initially presented to the Costume Society Symposium ‘Arms and the Man’ in 1999

New and Recent Books

These books are not available from the Costume Society but must be obtained from bookshops or the institutions concerned. We have taken the opportunity to include certain publications previously missed.

Cutting the Exotic: A Study of Some Asian Trousers

This is an edited version of a paper first given at the Costume Society Symposium, Oxford, July 2001

Western Modes and Asian Clothes: Reflections on Borrowing Other People's Dress

Keynote address presented at the Costume Society Symposium Oxford, July, 2001

‘And at the Plastron Push’: The Historical Development of Fencing Kit

This paper was given at the Costume Society Symposium, Royal Annouries Museum, 2 July 1999

The Class of 2001 Fellow

First awarded in 1991, the designation of Fellow of the Costume Society of America is an honor bestowed on CSAmembers who have demonstrated exceptional participation and outstanding service to CSA and have made significant contributions to the field of costume. Selection as Fellow of the Costume Society of America is the highest award the Society can bestow on its members. All members of the Society may submit names of members they wish to nominate for this honor.

Conversation at Castle Howard: Miss Annie Wilkinson interviewed by Miss Cecile Hummel during the Costume Society's visit to Castle Howard on 7 September 1968

Conversation at Castle Howard: Miss Annie Wilkinson interviewed by Miss Cecile Hummel during the Costume Society's visit to Castle Howard on 7 September 1968

Tattooed: A Participant Observer's Exploration of Meaning

Journal of American CultureVolume 22, Issue 2 p. 53-58 Tattooed: A Participant Observer's Exploration of Meaning Shannon Bell, Shannon Bell Received her BA in anthropology from the University of California-Berkeley. After graduating from UCB, she spent three months interning at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in the Social History Department's Costume Collection, and another month at the Oakland Museum of California through a generous award from the Region-V Costume Society of America. Shannon recently relocated to New York City to pursue her MA in Visual Culture: Costume Studies at New York University and a career in the field of Costume History and Curation, Visual Culture and the Anthropology of Adornment. She is currently a curatorial intern at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for the upcoming exhibit “Armani,” an examination of work by Italian fashon designer Georgio Armani, opening in October 2000.Search for more papers by this author Shannon Bell, Shannon Bell Received her BA in anthropology from the University of California-Berkeley. After graduating from UCB, she spent three months interning at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in the Social History Department's Costume Collection, and another month at the Oakland Museum of California through a generous award from the Region-V Costume Society of America. Shannon recently relocated to New York City to pursue her MA in Visual Culture: Costume Studies at New York University and a career in the field of Costume History and Curation, Visual Culture and the Anthropology of Adornment. She is currently a curatorial intern at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for the upcoming exhibit “Armani,” an examination of work by Italian fashon designer Georgio Armani, opening in October 2000.Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 March 2004 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-734X.1999.2202_53.xCitations: 24AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume22, Issue2Summer 1999Pages 53-58 RelatedInformation

Fins-des-Siècles, The Costume Society and the National Gallery, 6 February and 5 June 1999

Fins-des-Siècles, The Costume Society and the National Gallery, 6 February and 5 June 1999

The Costume Society's Millennium Conference, Royal Armouries Museum, 2–4 July 1999

The Costume Society's Millennium Conference, Royal Armouries Museum, 2–4 July 1999

The Class of 1998 Fellows

First awarded in 1991, the designation of Fellow of the Costume Society of America is an honor bestowed on CSA members who have demonstrated exceptional participation and outstanding service to CSA and have made significant contributions to the field of costume. Selection as Fellow of the Costume Society of America is the highest award the Society can bestow on its members. All members of the Society may submit names of members they wish to nominate for this honor. Colleen Callahan

In the Beginning … A Brief Background of the Costume Society of America

(1998). In the Beginning … A Brief Background of the Costume Society of America. Dress: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 88-90.