Cally Blackman

Memberships (professional bodies)

Costume Society.

Association of Dress Historians.

Society of Authors

Career summary

Trained in Fashion design at CSM. MA History of Art (1997) Courtauld Institute specialising in history of dress. Teaching on Fashion History & Theory BA Pathway at CSM since 2001.

Teaching at London College of Fashion and Sothebys Institute.

Numerous lectures given on fashion and dress at various institutions, including Dulwich Picture Gallery and Somerset House.

Areas of interest / research

Currently researching dress in early colour photography, specifically autochromes for forthcoming publication.

Details of books/publications relating to your work on British portraiture

2000 Research assistant Gallery of Fashion (NPG).

100 Years of Fashion Illustration (2007, Laurence King).

100 Years of Menswear (2009, Laurence King).

100 Years of Fashion (2012, Laurence King).