The stage in the basement of the Imperial Erskineville was overtaken by eight legendary Australian…
Melissa BellantaFebruary 20, 2023
Coat Tales Blog
Tropical whites in early twentieth-century Darwin and Broome Among many striking early twentieth-century photographs of…
Melissa BellantaAugust 1, 2022
Our latest article, ‘Clothes Shall Mark the Man’: Wearing Suits in Wartime Australia, 1939–1945, has…
Lorinda CramerFebruary 17, 2022
Yesterday I had a chat to Libbi Gore on her program, This Weekend Life on…
Lorinda CramerNovember 14, 2021
In November 1922, Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper published a letter written by Emily Bennett, Honorary…
Lorinda CramerNovember 9, 2021
We all know that we feel our clothes – when they’re too tight around the…
Lorinda CramerNovember 5, 2021
Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with Andrew Hasegawa, great grandson of Setsutaro Hasegawa.…
Lorinda CramerMay 7, 2021
When his photograph appeared in the papers, the Brisbane men’s shirt manufacturer Harry Guinsberg always…
Melissa BellantaApril 16, 2021
Māori MP Rawiri Waititi’s refusal to wear a necktie in the debating chamber of New…
Lorinda CramerFebruary 28, 2021