Becky E Conekin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1181994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Becky E Conekin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Becky E |
| FAMILY NAME | Conekin |
| SIGNATURE | CONEKIN B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dr. Becky E. Conekin is Senior Research Fellow and Principal Lecturer in Historical and Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, the University of the Arts. She is the author of The Autobiography of a Nation: The 1951 Festival of Britain (Manchester Studies in Design: 2003) and the co-editor of The Englishness of English Dress (Berg: 2002) and Moments of Modernity: Reconstructing Britain 1945–1964 (Rivers Oram: 1999). |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
"Eugene Vernier and Vogue Models in Early "Swinging London
Eugene Vernier and Vogue Models in Early "Swinging London":Creating the Fashionable Look of the 1960s Becky E. Conekin (bio) From the start of the 1960s, photographer Eugene Vernier, along with models like Tania Mallet and Ros Watkins, began charting and creating new fashionable representations, featuring cool, youthful London looks. Virtually forgotten today, these individuals were the kinds of "young meteors" journalist Jonathan Aitken identifi…
Fashioning Mod Twiggy and the moped in ‘swinging’ London
Lee Miller
In the winter of 1927, Lee Miller, 20 years old, was crossing a street in Manhattan, when she was almost hit by an oncoming car. Luckily for her, Condé Nast, stopped her from crossing. He offered her a job modelling at his New York magazine. That was the beginning of Miller's association with Vogue magazine, the publication she worked for in New York, Paris and London for the next 26 years. Two years later she was living in Paris as Man Ray's mod…
Lee Miller
In the winter of 1927, Lee Miller, 20 years old, was crossing a street in Manhattan, when she was almost hit by an oncoming car. Luckily for her, Condé Nast, stopped her from crossing. He offered her a job modelling at his New York magazine. That was the beginning of Miller's association with Vogue magazine, the publication she worked for in New York, Paris and London for the next 26 years. Two years later she was living in Paris as Man Ray's mod…
Lee Miller
In the winter of 1927, Lee Miller, 20 years old, was crossing a street in Manhattan, when she was almost hit by an oncoming car. Luckily for her, Condé Nast, stopped her from crossing. He offered her a job modelling at his New York magazine. That was the beginning of Miller's association with Vogue magazine, the publication she worked for in New York, Paris and London for the next 26 years. Two years later she was living in Paris as Man Ray's mod…
Fashioning Mod Twiggy and the moped in ‘swinging’ London
"Eugene Vernier and Vogue Models in Early "Swinging London
Eugene Vernier and Vogue Models in Early "Swinging London":Creating the Fashionable Look of the 1960s Becky E. Conekin (bio) From the start of the 1960s, photographer Eugene Vernier, along with models like Tania Mallet and Ros Watkins, began charting and creating new fashionable representations, featuring cool, youthful London looks. Virtually forgotten today, these individuals were the kinds of "young meteors" journalist Jonathan Aitken identifi…
Art (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Adventure (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)