Getting Ready: Amelia Lonsdale and Her Mum (#1)
What do you do before you go out? How do you get ready, what are your rituals, and — most importantly — what do you do with the pre-night selfie?
Amelia Lonsdale met curator Adam Murray through University. One day, she brought in a series of photographs taken in the 1980s by her mother and boyfriend at the time. Dedicated New Romantics, they would make most of their clothes themselves and then photograph each other before they went out.
In her project ‘Miles and Other’s Smiles’, Amelia Lonsdale presents a selection from the archive, charting a chapter of UK DIY fashion. Yvonne and her partner’s archive of DIY fashion was a private undertaking, produced with each other, for each other. In contrast, many of the photos we make of ourselves and our friends today are made public, posted on Instagram or other platforms, for an audience. How does this audience change the way we construct our identities through fashion?
This event is part of The Time We Call Our Own, an exhibition and series of online events around nightlife, identity, and how photography shapes our sense of shared experience, at Open Eye Gallery. The Time We Call Our Own is generously supported by SEVENSTORE.
What do you do before you go out? How do you get ready, what are your rituals, and — most importantly — what do you do with the pre-night selfie?
Amelia Lonsdale met curator Adam Murray through University. One day, she brought in a series of photographs taken in the 1980s by her mother and boyfriend at the time. Dedicated New Romantics, they would make most of their clothes themselves and then photograph each other before they went out.
In her project ‘Miles and Other’s Smiles’, Amelia Lonsdale presents a selection from the archive, charting a chapter of UK DIY fashion. Yvonne and her partner’s archive of DIY fashion was a private undertaking, produced with each other, for each other. In contrast, many of the photos we make of ourselves and our friends today are made public, posted on Instagram or other platforms, for an audience. How does this audience change the way we construct our identities through fashion?
This event is part of The Time We Call Our Own, an exhibition and series of online events around nightlife, identity, and how photography shapes our sense of shared experience, at Open Eye Gallery. The Time We Call Our Own is generously supported by SEVENSTORE.