Elise Maynard
@elisedresshistory.bsky.social
Costume maker and historian, currently pursuing a PhD in the History of Costume Design.
Passionate about the dialogue between making and understanding historical dress.
Passionate about the dialogue between making and understanding historical dress.
I’m pleased to share my latest article:
"A Reflection on Pattern Draping on a c.1880 Dressmakers Dummy"
The piece is a reflection on my recreation of an 1880s garment for the Making Historical Dress Network's Recreative Reflections.
Read here:
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
"A Reflection on Pattern Draping on a c.1880 Dressmakers Dummy"
The piece is a reflection on my recreation of an 1880s garment for the Making Historical Dress Network's Recreative Reflections.
Read here:
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
A Reflection on Pattern Draping on a c.1880 Dressmakers Dummy
IntroductionThis exploration focuses on the “phenomenological link between the makers of today and makers of the past” (Bate 2023), translating a contemporaneous fashion plate on a nineteenth-century ...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I’m pleased to share my latest article:
"A Reflection on Pattern Draping on a c.1880 Dressmakers Dummy"
The piece is a reflection on my recreation of an 1880s garment for the Making Historical Dress Network's Recreative Reflections.
Read here:
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
"A Reflection on Pattern Draping on a c.1880 Dressmakers Dummy"
The piece is a reflection on my recreation of an 1880s garment for the Making Historical Dress Network's Recreative Reflections.
Read here:
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
Putting the final touches on this exhibit!
Preparing my family-friendly activities for the @engagebristol.bsky.social Future’s Festival later this month.
#Experimentalhistory #futuresfestival #costumehistory #archivalhistory #universityofbristol #practiceasresearch #researchinaction #phdlife
Preparing my family-friendly activities for the @engagebristol.bsky.social Future’s Festival later this month.
#Experimentalhistory #futuresfestival #costumehistory #archivalhistory #universityofbristol #practiceasresearch #researchinaction #phdlife
September 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Putting the final touches on this exhibit!
Preparing my family-friendly activities for the @engagebristol.bsky.social Future’s Festival later this month.
#Experimentalhistory #futuresfestival #costumehistory #archivalhistory #universityofbristol #practiceasresearch #researchinaction #phdlife
Preparing my family-friendly activities for the @engagebristol.bsky.social Future’s Festival later this month.
#Experimentalhistory #futuresfestival #costumehistory #archivalhistory #universityofbristol #practiceasresearch #researchinaction #phdlife
I’m pleased to share my latest article:
"Reconstructing Identity: Depictions of the Personality and Home of John Aubrey in Patrick Garland’s Play Brief Lives"
The piece centres on Julia Trevelyan Oman's design and how it reshapes Aubrey’s character.
Read here: doi.org/10.52715/MAY...
"Reconstructing Identity: Depictions of the Personality and Home of John Aubrey in Patrick Garland’s Play Brief Lives"
The piece centres on Julia Trevelyan Oman's design and how it reshapes Aubrey’s character.
Read here: doi.org/10.52715/MAY...
Issue 9: Elise Maynard | questionjournal
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August 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I’m pleased to share my latest article:
"Reconstructing Identity: Depictions of the Personality and Home of John Aubrey in Patrick Garland’s Play Brief Lives"
The piece centres on Julia Trevelyan Oman's design and how it reshapes Aubrey’s character.
Read here: doi.org/10.52715/MAY...
"Reconstructing Identity: Depictions of the Personality and Home of John Aubrey in Patrick Garland’s Play Brief Lives"
The piece centres on Julia Trevelyan Oman's design and how it reshapes Aubrey’s character.
Read here: doi.org/10.52715/MAY...
Thrilled to share my first publication: "Fantasy through naturalism: Julia Trevelyan Oman and The Nutcracker", now out in Studies in Costume and Performance
Read it here: doi.org/10.1386/scp_...
#CostumeDesign #TheNutcracker #Ballet #TheatreDesign #PerformanceStudies
Read it here: doi.org/10.1386/scp_...
#CostumeDesign #TheNutcracker #Ballet #TheatreDesign #PerformanceStudies
Fantasy through naturalism: Julia Trevelyan Oman and The Nutcracker | Intellect
The Nutcracker is one of the most successful ballets in the world, accounting for almost half of the annual revenue of ballet companies across North America and Europe. As the third-largest ballet com...
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July 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thrilled to share my first publication: "Fantasy through naturalism: Julia Trevelyan Oman and The Nutcracker", now out in Studies in Costume and Performance
Read it here: doi.org/10.1386/scp_...
#CostumeDesign #TheNutcracker #Ballet #TheatreDesign #PerformanceStudies
Read it here: doi.org/10.1386/scp_...
#CostumeDesign #TheNutcracker #Ballet #TheatreDesign #PerformanceStudies