Dressed to Kill: Fashion in Victorian Fiction and Periodicals
Saturday 19th March 2016, Aldham Robarts Library, LJMU

Call for Papers

We welcome proposals for 20 minute papers on topics including, but not limited to:

Fashion as depicted in serialised fiction
Fashion adverts, prints and patterns
The fashion season, events, dressing for the day, Christenings, weddings, funerals and mourning
Men's, children's and servant's fashions
Fashion's role within narrative, such as class, mental state, nationality, character, marital status, empire, transgression and moral worth
Fashion industry
Costume, masque and fancy dress
Theatrical attire, stage, tableaux, circus and ballet
Hair styles, toilette, accessories and jewelry
Please send proposals of 300 words and a 50 word biography in Word format to Drs Janine Hatter and Nickianne Moody at: vpfamembership@gmail.com and n.a.moody@ljmu.ac.uk

Deadline for proposals: 5th February 2016