I was interviewed by the pianist John Kember for a Radio 4 programme (aired 19 June 2012) about the songs made from AA Milne’s children’s verses by the composer Harold Fraser-Simpson. This was a thought-provoking exercise which got me pondering how much cultural ‘icons’ really impinge on individuals’ experience. My mother, born as Milne’s books were being published, had also heard the songs growing up but didn’t feel they were central to her childhood; not in the same way as the popular songs enjoyed by adults. Perhaps they form part of the class of artefacts designed for children rather than chosen by them and not satisfying either adult or child tastes. Perhaps their appeal is founded on reminiscence of past childhoods rather than observation of current ones, so they they need to be slightly out of date in order to be effective. We should be wary of assuming that because a work was first published in a given year it represents the culture of that year and would be recognised by people who had lived through the period. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jwk3f
Fashion in World War I
- Fashion in World War I: April 1918
- Fashion in World War I: March 1918
- Fashion in World War I: February 1918
- Fashion in World War I: January 1918
- Fashion in World War I: December 1917
- Fashion in World War I: November 1917
- Fashion in World War I: October 1917
- Fashion in World War I – September 1917
- Fashion in World War I: August 1917
- Fashion in World War I: July 1917
Tags
1914 1915 1916 1918 advertising Chanel childhood clothing colour couture Cultural Olympiad Elegances Parisiennes ethnic fashion fashion marketing floral Jenny jersey Lanvin Les Elegances Parisiennes lingerie london Lyon military millinery mourning New York nomads olympics Paquin Paris Paul Poiret Premet rayon ribbon Russia shoes sports Syndicat de efense de la couture Parisienne V&A Museum Vogue wallpaper World War I Worth yurtRecent Comments
- Clare on Fashion in World War I: March 1917
- Erika on Fashion in World War I: March 1917
- Nivert on Christmas
- Clare on P1040425
- Dirk-Jan List on P1040425