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Clothes, Working Lives and Social Change 1880-1939Two-day international conference at Bishopsgate Institute, London, 12-13 September 2014Keynote speakers: Professor Eugenia Paulicelli (Queen’s College and The Graduate Center City University of New York) and Professor Lou Taylor (University of Brighton)This cross-disciplinary conference explores the relationship between work, clothes and social change at the turn of the twentieth century. Hosted by the Bishopsgate Institute in London’s East End, it brings together scholars from the Humanities, the Social Sciences and the Creative Arts with research interests in the intersecting histories of clothes and labour. To register, please use the online booking system available at: http://ift.tt/1xKYfosFurther information, including the conference programme, can be found at: http://ift.tt/1jNNVJKThis event is part of the AHRC-funded research network “Tailored Trades: Clothes, Labour and Professional Communities (1880-1939)” organised by Dr Vike Martina Plock (University of Exeter) and Dr Nicole Robertson (Northumbria University).