Upcoming tours and talks will be displayed
here.
SPORT AND FASHION lecture series at the BRLSI,
Bath
Wednesday afternoons at 2pm
BRLSI, 16 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN
An afternoon lecture series on historic sportswear by BRLSI and
the Fashion Museum to celebrate Sport and Fashion
and the London Olympics. For information on all events go to
http://www.brlsi.org/ or call
01225 312084.
Just the Smartest Type of Sports Clothes
Tuesday 27 March, 7.30pm
The connection between fashion and sporting dress
Rosemary Harden, Fashion Museum Manager, introduces the
series of talks at the BRLSI
Golf - Wednesday 4 April, 2pm
Fashioning an Identity on the Fairways
Speaker: Hannah Fleming, British Golf Museum,
St Andrews
Football - Wednesday 9 May, 2pm
The Beautiful Game?
Speaker: Philip Warren, Principal Curator of
Collections, Leicestershire Museums
Riding - Wednesday 13 June, 2pm
Suits You Madam
Speaker: Cally Blackman, writer and lecturrer
on Fashion History
Aviation and Motorsports - Wednesday 11 July,
2pm
Women Aviators
Speaker: Barbara
Burman, formerly Winchester School of Art
Cycling - Wednesday 18 July, 2pm
Skirting round Cycling
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Oddy, Glasgow School of
Art
Athletics - Wednesday 1 August, 2pm
Fashion - The Olympic Ideal
Speaker: Iain R Webb, Professor of Fashion
Royal College of Art
Climbing- Wednesday 12 September, 2pm
An Easy Day for a Lady
Speaker: Kate Strasdin, University of
Southampton
Swimming - Wednesday 10 October, 2pm
Sink or Swim
Speaker: Deirdre Murphy, Historic Royal
Palaces
Tennis - Wednesday 14 November, 2pm
Almost Entirely White
Speaker: Honor Godfery, Curator of Wimbledon
Lawn Tennis Museum
Skiing - Wednesday 12
December, 2pm
The Female Skier
Speaker: Marianne Larsson, Nordiska Muset,
Stockholm
Winter sports, 1930s
Image from The Ernestine Carter Collection at
the Fashion Museum
Image from The Ernestine Carter Collection at
the Fashion Museum