B&B in paperback
Bikes & Bloomers was launched in paperback in April 2020. It is still a very satisfying brick of a book.
B&B at WECS – West of England Costume Society
Many thanks to WECS - The West of England Costume Society - (and especially Jean Scott, WECS programme secretary) for inviting me to speak at their annual Janet Arnold study…
B&B on AHRC Research in Film Awards shortlist
The Bikes & Bloomers short video made by Ashley Simpson from Goldsmiths has made the AHRC Research in Film Awards (RIFA) Shortlist - which is pretty exciting. Awards night is in…
Keynote – MA Design, Aalto University
I was invited by Professor Ramia Mazé to visit Aalto University in Helsinki to give a keynote as part of the welcome to new MA Design students and to meet with researchers.…
Pocket making experiment – Open University
On 6th June I was invited to participate in a workshop called The Unfinished in Architecture, Design and Planning, run by Kim Kullman from the Open Space Research Centre at the Open University. This is…
2019 York Festival of Ideas
I was invited to the 2019 York Festival of Ideas, which is the largest free festival in the UK with a huge range of events taking place across the city…
BBC1 Countryfile
A few weeks ago I was invited by BBC1 Countryfile to Blists Hill Victorian Town, a period village in Telford, near Birmingham. I was interviewed talking about, cycling in and…
BBC4 TV documentary
I was interviewed talking and performing B&B with Dr Hannah Fry for a new BBC4 TV documentary on Victorian technology, society and bodies called Victorian Sensations. The four part series…
B&B by others
Wonderfully people are sending in pics of their interpretations of the B&B research and hash tagging them #bikesandbloomers on social media. Some are using the patterns to make their own…
See the converting costumes in action
#1 Alice Bygrave's Pulley Cycling Skirt ------------ #2 Julia's Gill's cycling semi-skirt ------------ #3 Henrietta Muller's three piece cycling suit ------------ #4 Pease sisters' combined cycling skirt and cape -----------…