Claire Wilcox

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Claire Wilcox is a British curator and academic specialising in fashion.

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Early life

Claire Wilcox was born in 1954 and grew up in Fulham, England to a father who owned a shop selling wools and haberdashery and mother, a teacher. [1] They moved to a house in Chiswick. [1]

Career

Wilcox received an honorary doctorate in art and design from Middlesex University in July 2017. [2] She sits on the editorial board of the journal Fashion Theory . [3] She is professor of fashion curation at the London College of Fashion. [4] She won the 2021 PEN/Ackerley Prize for Patch Work. [5]

Wilcox is senior curator of fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum. [6]

Curated exhibitions

Works

Books

  • A Century of Bags. Apple Press, 1998. [7]
  • Modern Fashion in Detail. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1998.
  • The Ambassador Magazine: Promoting Post-War British Textiles and Fashion. Victoria Albert Museum, London, 2012.
  • V&A Gallery of Fashion. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2013.
  • Wilcox, Claire (24 July 2018). Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN   978-1-85177-960-4.
  • Wilcox, Claire; Mendes, Valerie D.; Lister, Jenny; Cullen, Oriole; Stanfill, Sonnet (16 October 2018). 20th-Century Fashion in Detail. National Geographic Books. ISBN   978-0-500-29410-9.
  • Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2020.

Exhibition catalogues

  • Radical Fashion (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2001)
  • Vivienne Westwood (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2004) [8]
  • The Golden Age of Couture (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007) [9]
  • Alexander McQueen (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2015)

References

  1. 1 2 "Claire Wilcox, Curator of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the V&A in Discussion with Brian Green". dulwichsociety.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. ↑ "V&A curator, responsible for Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition, honoured at Middlesex University graduation (From Times Series)". times-series.co.uk. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  3. ↑ "Claire Wilcox - SHOWstudio - The Home of Fashion Film and Live Fashion Broadcasting". showstudio.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Professor Claire Wilcox - Staff Research Profiles A-Z - UAL". arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  5. ↑ Comerford, Ruth (2021-08-05). "Wilcox wins PEN Ackerley Prize for 'vivid' memoir Patch Work". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  6. ↑ Benett, David M. (12 March 2015). "Curators Andrew Bolton and Claire Wilcox". Getty Images. London, England. Retrieved 24 July 2026. Curators Andrew Bolton (L) and Claire Wilcox attend the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Fashion Gala at the V&A, presented by American Express and Kering
  7. ↑ Wilcox, Claire (1999). Bags. Victoria and Albert Museum. ISBN   978-1-85177-286-5.
  8. ↑ Wilcox, Claire (2004). Vivienne Westwood. V&A. ISBN   978-1-85177-406-7.
  9. ↑ Wilcox, Claire (2007). The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957. Harry N. Abrams. ISBN   978-1-85177-521-7.


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