Fashion Lecture: Taking off the black singlet 
10 July 2010
1pm
Venue: The Gus Fisher Gallery
Cost: Free, no bookings
Contact info: 09 923 6646
Website: The Gus Fisher Gallery
The black singlet is a ubiquitous garment in the imagining of New Zealand. Rural, masculine, and hard-wearing, it is the woollen equivalent of number eight fencing wire. This lecture, by History Department Associate Professor Caroline Daley, will argue that the black singlet has straightjacketed the writing of New Zealand’s history. Thankfully, a new generation of historians are delving into the wardrobe of the past and finding that satin and sparkles were also part of the country’s story.
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