Join author Denise N. Rall in launching her new book, Fashion, Women and Power - The Politics of Dress.

Please RSVP to Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery on (07) 46813991, or rsvp@srag.org.au.

This recent publication examines women in leadership and how they dress in Asia – Indonesia and Hong Kong, as well as Pakistan and Bangladesh. We reviewed prominent female figures in the Australian parliament from the 1900’s onwards, and women serving as Prime Ministers in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. In the USA we review the fashion trends of first ladies Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. Overall, the difficulty of women’s political engagement depends a great deal on how the media criticises their clothing.

Dr Denise N. Rall, Adjunct Fellow – Research, in Humanities & Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW. Since 2008, Denise relocated her academic and artistic interests to fashion and textiles through the lens of a critical sociology of clothing and its role in society. This is her second edited publication: Fashion, Women and Power: The Politics of Dress.