Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Expertise and Interests
I am a historian of the British fashion industry with particular expertise in the economic, social, and cultural impact of fashion business and manufacturing since c.1840.
The modern fashion industry is my current area of research, and I am principally interested in oral histories of the rag trade in the post-war period. My research aims to shed light on the hidden world of the fashion factory, and goes beyond questions specific to socio-economic concerns around workplace conditions to offer new perspectives on the importance of the rag trade and its workforce in the creation of British fashion at its productive peak in the 1960s and 1970s.
Keywords
- Fashion History
- Fashion Business
- Cultural Studies
- Business History
- Oral History
- Economic History
- Material Culture
- Modern British History
- Cultural History
- Social History
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Industry
Engineering & Materials Science
Economy
Arts & Humanities
Rag
Arts & Humanities
1970s
Arts & Humanities
Revitalization
Arts & Humanities
Knitting
Arts & Humanities
Hidden economy
Business & Economics
Fashion Industry
Arts & Humanities
Research Output 2014 2019
- 3 Article
Cabbage, Tradition and Bunce: Marion Donaldson and the Black Economy of the British Rag Trade in the 1970s
Halbert, J., 31 Jul 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Textile History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Industry
Economy
1970s
Rag
Hidden economy
The revitalisation of a craft economy: The case of Scottish knitting
Halbert, J., 1 Dec 2018, In : Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty. 9, 2, p. 179-195 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Revitalization
Economy
Knitting
Scotland
Fashion Industry
Liberating the Slaves of the Needle: The Association for the Aid and Benefit of Dressmakers and Milliners, 1843-1863
Halbert, J., 2014, In : Retrospectives: A Postgraduate History Journal. 3, 1, p. 44-58 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Activities 2014 2019
Fashion Agents and the Business of Selling Marion Donaldson
Jade Halbert (Speaker)30 Aug 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Parliamentary event: AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinkers on 'The Importance of Expert Voices'.
Jade Halbert (Speaker)17 Jul 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Everyday Fashion
Jade Halbert (Organiser)27 Jun 2019 → 28 Jun 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
In Conversation with Marion and David Donaldson
Jade Halbert (Speaker)13 Sep 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Liberty Art Fabrics and Fashion
Jade Halbert (Consultant)28 Jul 2018 → 12 Jan 2019
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Press / Media
The use of second hand clothing - BBC Radio 3 interview
19/06/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment