Fri
Apr
10
6 pm - 8 pm
ET
25th Annual Richard Martin Thesis Symposium
Keynote Speaker: Elena Kanagy-Loux
Presentations by MA Candidates in Costume Studies:
Kai Sweeney: Needle in a Haystack: A Survey of Straw Embroidery in the Eighteenth Century
Jacquin (Quin) Cunningham: “Desperately Seeking Denise”: How Three Women Fashioned and Refashioned Mid Century Trans Femininity on the Page
Ariel Bleakley: Rearticulating Australiana: Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson and the Emergence of an Australian Fashion Language, 1973–1989
Elisabeth Vastola: Towards a Masked Reveal: The Making, Materiality and Meanings of “Super-suits”
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Image credits, left to right (if you are registering on your phone, you might not see the full composite image):
Denise, Page 12 from “[Scrapbook #4]”, United States, 1962. Photographs on paper. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/m613mx81f (accessed March 16, 2026).
Marvel, Detail of Promotional Poster, United States, 2018. Eric Goldman, “‘Marvel’s Daredevil’ Season 3 Poster Revealed,” https://www.marvel.com/articles/tv-shows/marvel-daredevil-season-3-poster-key-art (accessed March 16, 2026).
Annie Noon, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson in Jackson’s Opera House and Bondi Blue ensembles, Sydney, Australia, 1975. Photograph courtesy of Jenny Kee.
Detail of Stomacher, Britain, 18th Century. Straw embroidery on silk. The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase, Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1970.106.3. Photograph by Kai Sweeney, November 25, 2025.
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