Ballot Archive

13 Feb 2020

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Martin Pel

Academic degrees, honours etc.

BA (Hons), MA

Profession or occupation

Curator of Fashion and Textiles at The Royal Pavilion and Museums

Grounds for election

Martin Pel is an historian and curator at The Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton and studied art history at the University of Manchester and the Courtauld Institute of Art. His specialist subject is fashion history with a special interest in men’s dress from 1500 to 1800. He has curated 10 exhibitions: Vanity Fair (2008) An Image of Itself (2009) Dress for Excess: George IV and Regency Fashion (2011) Biba and Beyond: Barbara Hulanicki (2012) Fashion and the Flag (2012) Subversive Design (2013) Fashion Cities Africa (2015 to present) Gluck: Art & Identity (2016) Queer Looks (2018) Stephen Jones Hats at the Royal Pavilion (2019). Martin Pel is the author of The Biba Years 1963 – 1975 (2014), Jazz Age Fashion (2016), Gluck: Art & Identity (2017) and has contributed to London Couture (2015) Handbags; The Making of a Museum(2012). Martin Pel is a cultivated individual of the highest integrity who has much to offer and is keen to be an active member in the Society of Antiquaries.

Signatories

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