Dr. Strasdin completed her MA in History of Textiles and Dress at the Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester School of Art (now the Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History, University of Glasgow), studying the dress of early female mountaineers. During her time as a Gervers’ fellow, Dr. Strasdin was in her fifth year of PhD study, working on analyses of surviving garments belonging to Queen Alexandra, in addition to working as an assistant curator of the Devonshire Collection of Period Costume in Totnes, Devon and teaching History and Theory of Dress at University College, Falmouth, Cornwall.

Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship participant
Fellowship Year: 2011