Dr Benjamin Wild
@drbenjaminwild.bsky.social
Reader in Fashion Narratives, Manchester Metropolitan University; Lead: F/fashion Narratives Research Group
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Details of the Talking Through F/fashion 2025/26 seminar are now available, along with links to ticketing:
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November 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Details of the Talking Through F/fashion 2025/26 seminar are now available, along with links to ticketing:
fashionnarratives.mmu.ac.uk/talking-thro...
fashionnarratives.mmu.ac.uk/talking-thro...
Reposted by Dr Benjamin Wild
At its core, this seventh issue of Fashion Highlight Journal seeks to examine both the theoretical foundations and practical implications of fashion discourse. It asks: Does fashion need a new language?
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Call for paper Issue 7 (2026): THE LANGUAGES OF FASHION: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON FASHION DISCOURSES
| Fashion Highlight
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September 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
At its core, this seventh issue of Fashion Highlight Journal seeks to examine both the theoretical foundations and practical implications of fashion discourse. It asks: Does fashion need a new language?
riviste.fupress.net/index.php/fh...
riviste.fupress.net/index.php/fh...
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I am delighted to share the Call for Submissions for the next issue of Fashion Highlight Journal, which I am guest editing Dr Natalia Berger (InHolland University of Applied Sciences).
September 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I am delighted to share the Call for Submissions for the next issue of Fashion Highlight Journal, which I am guest editing Dr Natalia Berger (InHolland University of Applied Sciences).
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We're making our mark after being named Modern University of the Year! The prestigious honour highlights our exceptional performance in teaching quality, student satisfaction, research, and graduate outcomes.
Thank you to our colleagues, students and partners!
#McrMetProud
Thank you to our colleagues, students and partners!
#McrMetProud
September 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We're making our mark after being named Modern University of the Year! The prestigious honour highlights our exceptional performance in teaching quality, student satisfaction, research, and graduate outcomes.
Thank you to our colleagues, students and partners!
#McrMetProud
Thank you to our colleagues, students and partners!
#McrMetProud
Cheeky — but on point: it’s publication day for Thom Browne!
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#thombrowne
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#thombrowne
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September 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Cheeky — but on point: it’s publication day for Thom Browne!
anthempress.com/books/thom-b...
#thombrowne
@anthempress.bsky.social
anthempress.com/books/thom-b...
#thombrowne
@anthempress.bsky.social
For the run of it.
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
For the run of it.
When tackling global crises like war and climate collapse, we tend to rely on logic over emotion. But this is contrary to human nature.
In my latest blog post I use fashion to think through this conundrum.
In my latest blog post I use fashion to think through this conundrum.
61. The Reckoning, through fashion
This article argues that fashion, rather than being trivial, serves as a crucial ‘live workshop’ where people process complex emotions and negotiate identity amid global crises. Unlike …
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August 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
When tackling global crises like war and climate collapse, we tend to rely on logic over emotion. But this is contrary to human nature.
In my latest blog post I use fashion to think through this conundrum.
In my latest blog post I use fashion to think through this conundrum.
#running #run #runners #athletics #trailrunning #marathon #runhappy #runningmotivation #runnersworld #runningcommunity #runnerscommunity #parkrun
Why do you run?
As a runner-researcher, I’m interested in the stories people tell about their running & the role it has in their life.
If you run, I’d be grateful if you’d fill in & share my survey.
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As a runner-researcher, I’m interested in the stories people tell about their running & the role it has in their life.
If you run, I’d be grateful if you’d fill in & share my survey.
mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Why do you run?
As a runner-researcher, I’m interested in the stories people tell about their running & the role it has in their life.
If you run, I’d be grateful if you’d fill in & share my survey.
mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
As a runner-researcher, I’m interested in the stories people tell about their running & the role it has in their life.
If you run, I’d be grateful if you’d fill in & share my survey.
mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Why do you run?
As a runner-researcher, I’m interested in the stories people tell about their running & the role it has in their life.
If you run, I’d be grateful if you’d fill in & share my survey.
mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
As a runner-researcher, I’m interested in the stories people tell about their running & the role it has in their life.
If you run, I’d be grateful if you’d fill in & share my survey.
mmu.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Between July 2-4, @drbenjaminwild will participate in 'Polyphony of Emotions: Thinking Affect in Heritage, Memory and Material Culture', hosted by the Amsterdam School for Heritage Memory and Material Culture from July 2-4.
June 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Between July 2-4, @drbenjaminwild will participate in 'Polyphony of Emotions: Thinking Affect in Heritage, Memory and Material Culture', hosted by the Amsterdam School for Heritage Memory and Material Culture from July 2-4.
Reposted by Dr Benjamin Wild
Reposted by Dr Benjamin Wild
February 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Dr Benjamin Wild
Group lead @drbenjaminwild.bsky.social recently spoke with @wired.com about the changing aesthetics of Mark Zuckerberg and his multi-billionaire, media mogul ilk.
www.wired.com/story/power-...
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February 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Group lead @drbenjaminwild.bsky.social recently spoke with @wired.com about the changing aesthetics of Mark Zuckerberg and his multi-billionaire, media mogul ilk.
www.wired.com/story/power-...
www.wired.com/story/power-...
Royal Fashion: A History
I’m pleased to share details about an upcoming online course I am leading for the Victoria & Albert Museum about royal dress from 29 April 2025.
Details below 👑
www.vam.ac.uk/event/ZzX5av...
I’m pleased to share details about an upcoming online course I am leading for the Victoria & Albert Museum about royal dress from 29 April 2025.
Details below 👑
www.vam.ac.uk/event/ZzX5av...
Royal Fashion: A History - V&A Academy Course at
Online · V&A
A 5,000-year-old story of creativity. V&A Academy online art history courses bring you all the richness and rigour of V&A Academy art history courses in London.
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February 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Royal Fashion: A History
I’m pleased to share details about an upcoming online course I am leading for the Victoria & Albert Museum about royal dress from 29 April 2025.
Details below 👑
www.vam.ac.uk/event/ZzX5av...
I’m pleased to share details about an upcoming online course I am leading for the Victoria & Albert Museum about royal dress from 29 April 2025.
Details below 👑
www.vam.ac.uk/event/ZzX5av...
By Royal Appointment — not really… but it was fantastic to join Afua Hagan and Jane Eastoe in conversation with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on Royal Beat’s ciphered cushions.
In the second episode of season 2’s Book Club, we chatted about the changing look and meaning of royal dress.
In the second episode of season 2’s Book Club, we chatted about the changing look and meaning of royal dress.
January 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
By Royal Appointment — not really… but it was fantastic to join Afua Hagan and Jane Eastoe in conversation with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on Royal Beat’s ciphered cushions.
In the second episode of season 2’s Book Club, we chatted about the changing look and meaning of royal dress.
In the second episode of season 2’s Book Club, we chatted about the changing look and meaning of royal dress.
Messy histories — This innocuous-looking bronze object is a manilla. They were used as a form of currency in West Africa between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries to purchase, among other things, enslaved people.
January 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Messy histories — This innocuous-looking bronze object is a manilla. They were used as a form of currency in West Africa between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries to purchase, among other things, enslaved people.
External signs of the passions — or how my research on emotions is making me look. This nineteenth-century composition is derived from drawings by Charles le Brun.
January 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
External signs of the passions — or how my research on emotions is making me look. This nineteenth-century composition is derived from drawings by Charles le Brun.
To reflect on the year that has been and to ready us for the one to come, the F/fashion Narratives Research Group that I lead at Manchester Metropolitan University (@manmetuni.bsky.social) is sharing its 12 Days of Christmas…
December 29, 2024 at 6:54 AM
To reflect on the year that has been and to ready us for the one to come, the F/fashion Narratives Research Group that I lead at Manchester Metropolitan University (@manmetuni.bsky.social) is sharing its 12 Days of Christmas…
Knock, knock — I love the lustre of the hand-smeared brass in the Kunsthaus Zürich extension by David Chipperfield Architects, but what is the significance of the donkey-headed door handle?
November 24, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Knock, knock — I love the lustre of the hand-smeared brass in the Kunsthaus Zürich extension by David Chipperfield Architects, but what is the significance of the donkey-headed door handle?
It was great to speak with The Telegraph about Burberry’s decision to renew its focus on its English heritage. This aligns with moves by other European luxury brands to emphasise local and emotional storytelling to retain consumer interest & loyalty
www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/styl...
www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/styl...
November 18, 2024 at 12:16 PM
It was great to speak with The Telegraph about Burberry’s decision to renew its focus on its English heritage. This aligns with moves by other European luxury brands to emphasise local and emotional storytelling to retain consumer interest & loyalty
www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/styl...
www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/styl...
Flying visit to Amsterdam to talk fashion research with European colleagues from IFFTI (Int. Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes). Great to share strategies, projects, challenges and ideas!
November 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Flying visit to Amsterdam to talk fashion research with European colleagues from IFFTI (Int. Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes). Great to share strategies, projects, challenges and ideas!
What’s in your wardrobe? — it was fantastic to be involved in the final day of the Being Human Festival, hearing diverse & incredibly moving stories about people’s relationships with their clothing.
November 16, 2024 at 5:47 PM
What’s in your wardrobe? — it was fantastic to be involved in the final day of the Being Human Festival, hearing diverse & incredibly moving stories about people’s relationships with their clothing.