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Zoom Lecture "The movement for Artistic dress" 17 March 2026
Zoom Lecture
“Graceful and expressive: The movement for Artistic dress”
Tuesday 17th March 2026
at 7.30 pm
A lecture by Dr Claire Allen-Johnstone
“How is lovely woman to clothe herself?” asked a Sketch journalist in 1894, conscious of the lively Victorian dress debate. Advocated by individuals including Healthy and Artistic Dress Union members George Frederic and Mary Watts and, in the United States, Annie Jenness Miller, flowing Artistic dress often based on historical models was one of the proposed answers. This lecture will explore the origin, development, and legacy of this multilayered dress reform movement, from its connection with the Pre-Raphaelites to its relationship with topics including feminism and historicism.
Dr Claire Allen-Johnstone works at the Victoria and Albert Museum as an Assistant Curator. She is a Trustee at the Museum of Cambridge and Newsletter Editor for the Dress and Textile Specialists network. Her monograph Dress, Feminism, and New Woman Writing was published by Cambria Press in 2025.
Tickets ACMS Members £5. Non-members £6.
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ZOOM DETAILS:
This is an online event to be delivered via Zoom. Bookings will close 24 hours prior to commencement of the event. Your application will be acknowledged by email. Please note that this lecture will be recorded and, if you are not available on the day, a link sent subsequently to last a week.
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