Alison
Matthews David

Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.

Alison
Matthews David

Bio

Dr. Matthews David received her PhD in Art History from Stanford University for her thesis “Cutting a Figure: Tailoring, Technology and Social Identity in 19th Century Paris.” During her fellowship, she was a lecturer at the Centre for the History of Textiles and Dress at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Currently, she is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the School of Fashion, Ryerson University.

Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship participant
Fellowship Year: 2004

Publications

  • 2009
    Matthews David, Alison. “Fashion’s Chameleons: Camouflage, “Conspicuousness,” and Gendered Display during WWI,” in The Spaces and Places of Fashion, ed. John Potvin, (Routledge, 2009), 89-107.