JGSGB Chilterns Regional Group – Tue 22 March 2022 7.30 pm– with Anna Nyburg – "The Clothes on our backs: how refugees from Nazism revitalised the British fashion trade"
After our Education Webinar on Visiting Archives on17th Mar at 7.30pm, our next weekday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a specialist talk from the Chilterns Regional Group by Zoom on an haute couture theme.
• Date: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
• Time: 19.30 London, 15:30 New York, 12:30 San Francisco, 21:30 Jerusalem
• Title: "The Clothes on our backs: how refugees from Nazism revitalised the British fashion trade".
• Speaker: Anna Nyburg
• Description: Jews had long been active in the clothing trade in Europe, excelling in design and production. However, in the UK, clothes production was mostly conservative and design was not a concept. After 1933, many Jews found asylum in Britain and British companies started to recognise what the refugees could offer including Pringle of Scotland who hired an Austrian refugee designer, who thought up the twinset which became a huge commercial success and Kangol, who made berets for the British Army. The refugees brought new technology, new display methods and a different attitude to export and much more. These refugee clothiers were recognised as having made a disproportionate contribution to the economy. Many were later honoured for their contribution to the fashion industry and several became patrons to the arts and philanthropists. Anna Nyburg tells their stories.
Anna’s book is £25.00 but she is offering to supply copies at £15.00 inc. postage directly from her. Details on the night!!
• Time: 19.30 London, 15:30 New York, 12:30 San Francisco, 21:30 Jerusalem
• Title: "The Clothes on our backs: how refugees from Nazism revitalised the British fashion trade".
• Speaker: Anna Nyburg
• Description: Jews had long been active in the clothing trade in Europe, excelling in design and production. However, in the UK, clothes production was mostly conservative and design was not a concept. After 1933, many Jews found asylum in Britain and British companies started to recognise what the refugees could offer including Pringle of Scotland who hired an Austrian refugee designer, who thought up the twinset which became a huge commercial success and Kangol, who made berets for the British Army. The refugees brought new technology, new display methods and a different attitude to export and much more. These refugee clothiers were recognised as having made a disproportionate contribution to the economy. Many were later honoured for their contribution to the fashion industry and several became patrons to the arts and philanthropists. Anna Nyburg tells their stories.
Anna’s book is £25.00 but she is offering to supply copies at £15.00 inc. postage directly from her. Details on the night!!
About Anna Nyburg
Anna Nyburg graduated in Modern Languages from the University of Toronto in 1972 after which she completed an MA at the University of East Anglia. She taught German, Italian and French in further education and higher education, notably Imperial College London where she is now an Honorary Lecturer. Following her PhD (University of London, 2009) in Exile Studies on the subject of refugee art publishers in Britain, she has published widely and also co-produced a film on refugee designers (2017). She is a committee member and editor of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, University of London.
After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.
The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!
If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.
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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: JGSGB Chilterns RG: Anna Nyburg on “The Clothes on our backs: how refugees from Nazism revitalised the British fashion trade”
When: Mar 22, 2022 07:30 PM London
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Stay safe and keep well!
Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB
Anna Nyburg graduated in Modern Languages from the University of Toronto in 1972 after which she completed an MA at the University of East Anglia. She taught German, Italian and French in further education and higher education, notably Imperial College London where she is now an Honorary Lecturer. Following her PhD (University of London, 2009) in Exile Studies on the subject of refugee art publishers in Britain, she has published widely and also co-produced a film on refugee designers (2017). She is a committee member and editor of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, University of London.
After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.
The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!
If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.
==============================================================
Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: JGSGB Chilterns RG: Anna Nyburg on “The Clothes on our backs: how refugees from Nazism revitalised the British fashion trade”
When: Mar 22, 2022 07:30 PM London
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
==============================================================
Stay safe and keep well!
Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB
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