ArtsNational presents DEPARTMENT STORES: A NEW WAY TO SHOP IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Presented by Dr Michael Marendy
Time & Venue: 3.00 pm, The University of the Sunshine Coast (Uni SC), Sippy Downs Campus, Lecture Theatres 1 or 2.

During the latter part of the 19th century, retailing underwent enormous change. Small, over-crowded drapery stores were transformed into multi-storey department stores. Services expanded from dress-making, millinery and tailoring to underwear, dress fabrics, shoes, and other accessories, services an individual dress-maker could not provide. This lecture will discuss the growth of the Australian department store and the services it offered.

Dr Michael Marendy’s work has been in clothing design and fashion education, textile conservation, and museum curatorship. For 15 years he taught in the TAFE and university sectors, and worked as a clothing designer and textile conservator. He studied in Australia, Canada, and England. His PhD from Griffith University focused on the women involved in the custom-made clothing trade in colonial Brisbane, and why museums collect, preserve and exhibit their clothing objects. Michael audited the Queensland Museum’s costume and textile collection. He has lectured extensively on conservation and dress history, and conducted conservation workshops throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales.

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