The Association of Dress Historians has released a Call For Papers for its annual International Conference of Dress Historians, to be held on Friday, 27 October 2017 at The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT, UK. The title and theme of the conference is:

INTERWOVEN: Dress that Crosses Borders and Challenges Boundaries.

Topics of potential papers could include (but are not limited to):

• Cross-cultural appropriation of clothing and textiles
• Representation of genderless dress through subcultural style
• Androgynous dressing from the high street to the royal court
• Android to cyborg: fashion and technology’s ongoing relationship
• Fashion designers who challenge boundaries in innovative ways
• Icons who adopt clothing and textiles that challenge boundaries
• Clothing and textiles that cross political or state barriers
• Uniforms and occupational dress that have crossed into popularity
• Industrial and manufacturing processes that have crossed boundaries

Please submit your conference paper proposal for a twenty–minute presentation to jennifer.daleykcl.ac.uk as a .doc or .docx file (saved as firstname_lastname) that includes your name, email address, affiliation, descriptive paper title, a 200–word abstract, and a 100–word biography. We also encourage proposals for themed panels of three speakers. The deadline for submissions is 23:59 GMT, Sunday, 15 January 2017. Notification of the outcome of proposals will be advised by 23:59 GMT, Friday, 20 January 2017.

The Association of Dress Historians (ADH) supports and promotes the study and professional practice of dress and textile history. We have an exciting programme of upcoming events that celebrate scholarship in dress history. Please visit our website, www.dresshistorians.co.uk.