Sartorial Stories: Professor Emma Tarlo, Anthropology Department, Goldsmiths, University of London

London College of Fashion

Created and presented by Susanna Cordner, Senior Research Fellow: Archives at LCF, Sartorial Stories is our In Conversation series in which Susanna interviews leading figures from the fashion industry and invites them to bring in one item from their work or from their wardrobe. In this episode, Susanna interviews Professor Emma Tarlo from the Anthropology department at Goldsmiths, University of London. Using objects from her own collection, Emma discusses the role of dress in anthropological research and in particular the unexpected history of (and contemporary market for) human hair.