Costume Society Scotland
Monthly Guest Speakers
Monday nights
Events programme 2019/20
Monday 1st October 2018
‘The Evolution of Scottish Police Uniforms’
Curator, Glasgow Police Museum
‘From Red Coats to Camouflage’ A brief history of uniforms worn by Scottish infantry regiments
Desmond Thomas
Curator, Museum of the Royal Regiment, Edinburgh Castle
Xmas party. The theme for this year’s party will be Cruising, inspired by the Ocean Liners: Speed and Style exhibition at the V&A, Dundee.
‘Embroidered Stories’ The Needlework Development Scheme, its Revival and
Re-invention
Programme Director of Textiles, Edinburgh College of Art
‘Japan & Shanghai, how this trip influenced my work’
DA Artist Jeweller
'The Shah's Wardrobe - How to dress a 17th Century Isfahan'
Honorary Lecturer, Middle Eastern Cultures, University of Dundee
Formerly Principal Curator, Middle Eastern Collections
National Museum of Scotland
‘Tales of the Old Department Stores of Edinburgh’
Novelist who writes about Department Stores following employment experience in the 1970s
Monday 6th May 2019
AGM - wear a hat!
Monday 7th October 2019
Milford's Shirts: Scotland, Linen and Clothing the Enslaved
Lecturer in Dress & Textile History, University of Glasgow
Monday 4th November 2019
Fabric design and decoration on vintage Kimono
Sue Selwyn
Former Museum Curator & Head of Cultural Services and avid textile collector
Monday 2nd December 2019
Xmas party - theme to be decided
Monday 6th January 2020
'Better is the Proud Plaid'
Clothing and tartans worn by the Jacobite forces in the '45'
Author
Monday 3rd February 2020
‘Thinking about Fashion through the Collection
of the National Galleries of Scotland.’
Director of Collection and Research at the National Galleries of Scotland
Monday 2nd March 2020
‘Little Black Dress’
Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Fashion and Textiles, National Museum of Scotland
Monday 6th April 2020
Early Plaid Wearing in Scotland
David Caldwell MA PhD FSA FSA Scot
Formerly Curator, National Museums Scotland
Current President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Monday 4th May 2020
AGM
Previously at Costume Society Scotland