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Shaun Cole
Research Fellow, London College of Fashion
- Role: Research Fellow
- Email: s.r.cole@fashion.arts.ac.uk
- Interest: Men’s Fashion; Gay/Queer Fashion and Style; Subcultural Dress; Curation; Graphic Design
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Statement:
My main area of research has been into gay men’s dress and style choices. This research was published in Don We Now Our Gay Apparel: Gay Men’s Dress in 20th Century (Berg, 2000). I am continuing this research by exploring gay subcultures and styles that have emerged since 2000.
My current research is for a book on men’s underwear to be published late 2009. This will comprise of an historical overview of men’s undergarments and address issues relating to the development of the garment and underwear’s place in social history and contemporary society, exploring areas such as technological developments, packaging and advertising, sex and sexuality.
During my time as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum I curated numerous exhibitions including Graphic responses to AIDS (1996), Fashion on Paper (1997), Dressing the Male (1999) and Black British Style (2004 - 2005). I also developed new and innovative ways of presenting and collecting such as Unpacking Design and the Days of Record series which documented personal identity and the decorative arts in a virtual online collection.
View project(s):
- Black British Style
View publication(s):
- Hair and Male (Homo) Sexuality: 'Up Top and Down Below'...
- Don We Now Our Gay Apparel: Gay Men's Dress in the Twen...
- Dialogue: Relationships in Graphic Design
- Butch Queens in Macho Drag: Gay Men, Dress and Subcultu...
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