Dani Trew

MA work

Mary Macarthur Addressing a Crowd on the Corruganza Boxmakers Strike, 1908
Photograph Postcard
Photographer: TUC Library, part of the Special Collections at London Metropolitan University

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A 2018 Graduate of the History of Design MA at the Royal College of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, Dani is a Design Historian with a focus on dress, gender and politics. Her dissertation explored the relationship between British socialism and gendered and politicised dress practices between 1880-1914. It argued that dress reform and social reform were inextricably linked in socialist discourse, that politicised reform practices were also visible in the production and consumption of dress, and that 'socialist dress' was a vital component of political positioning, as well as increasing the physical affordances necessary for active political engagement.
Whilst on the History of Design MA, Dani was awarded the V&A Fashion History Award 2016, and also the Clive Wainwright Memorial Prize 2017 for outstanding academic achievements and studentship.
Dani is also a practicing artist and illustrator, with her work being shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award in 2015. She has worked on art for film and theatre productions, as a private tutor, and is a regular contributor to Selvedge Magazine.

Degrees
BA (hons) English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2014; Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, 2012

Experience
Volunteer, Furniture Textiles and Fashion Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2018; Volunteer Research Assistant, 'Ocean Liners: Speed and Style' Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2017-2018; Volunteer Research Assistant, 'Fashioned from Nature' Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2017; Co-curator, 'Palladio Drawing of the Week', Research Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2017; Multimedia Intern, The Bill, Hilary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, New York, 2014; Artist and Illustrator, London, 2014-2018

Exhibitions
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Ulster Museum, 2015-2016

Awards
The Clive Wainwright Memorial Prize, 2017; The V&A Fashion History Award, 2016; House Scholar, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, 2012; The Sonia de Saxe Journalism Award, 2010

Publications
Review: T-shirt: Cult - Culture - Subversion, Selvedge Magazine, Issue 82; Faking it: The Protest and Politics of Wearing Fake Fur, Selvedge Magazine, Issue 79; Embellishment: Behind the Surface, Selvedge Magazine, Issue 73, 2016; Great White Hunter: Fashion's Obsession with the Exotic, Selvedge Magazine, Issue 71; Rattling the Cage: A History of the Crinoline, Selvedge Magazine, Issue 68, 2016; Shopping for Change: Women and Shopping in Eighteenth Century London, Selvedge Magazine, Issue 67, 2015; The Miracle Fabric: Machine Knitted Jersey and Victorian Women’s Apparel, Unmaking Things Blog, 2017