Istraživačice Lea Vene i Ivana Čuljak (Centar za istraživanje mode i odijevanja . CIMO) sudjelovale su s referatom Žene u borbi i ženska emancipacija, politike štednje i odjevnih praksi u poslijeratnom periodu socijalističke Jugoslavije (Women in Combat: Female Emancipation, Politics of Austerity and Everyday Clothing Practices in a Post-world War II Socialist Yugoslavia) na konferenciji Moda u doba štednje (The Look Of Austerity) koja se održala od 11. do 12.09.2015. u Museum of London (UK). Konferencija se bavila politikama štednje (1945.-1951.) u odnosu na odjevne prakse i modu u kontekstu Zapadne i Istočne Europe te u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama.
Naglasak je stavljen na case study analize utjecaja politike štednje u Velikoj Britaniji (Fashion in Ruins: Photography, Luxury and Dereliction in 1940s London, Popular British Responses to the New Look in 1948, British Fashion at the ‘Britain Can Make It Exhibition’, Austerity at Court: 1939-1958, Culture Clashes of Young Working-class Women’s Dress in Post-war Lancashire, Hollywood Stars, Consumptions and the Negotiation of Female Desirability in Austerity Britain). Širi zapadno europski kontekst zahvaćen je kroz case study analize u Njemačkoj i Francuskoj (The contrasted Recovery of French Fashion in the Post-war Years, as seen through Women’s Magazines, 1945-1951 i Out of the Rubble: Fashion in Post-war Germany, 1945-1952, Cold War and New Look: The Reception of Christian Dior’s Fashion in East and West German Film and Media) te kroz jedan primjer iz SAD-a (Austerity and Charity: New York Designers and United States Army Surplus CARE Packages). Istočno europsku perspektivu zahvatila je Agata Zborowska u izlaganju Bazaars and Found Objects: Thing Culture in Post-war Poland.
Konferencija The Look of Austerity je završila raspravom o predstavljenim izlaganjima sumirajući ih kroz niz ključnih riječi: želja, potreba, usprkos, napor, detalji, moral, patronizacija, mogućnosti, kvaliteta i nužda.
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