When
Where
Museum of Home, 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA,
External
What does ‘Home’ mean to children of immigrants within Britain and how does this change over time? Come join us for our Home Truths, exploring identity through the gaze of fashion.
Working with designer Margaret Sam, the founder and Creative Director of SUM LONDON, Museum of the Home is bringing a catwalk of Margaret’s “Homebound” collection to our newly curated Rooms Through Time: 1878 – 2049, a setting like no other.
Inspired by ideas of home and her dual-heritage as a London-born Chinese designer, the collection reflects British Asian culture through mixing Eastern silhouettes with utilitarian menswear.
This Home Truths edition marks the gallery’s opening and celebrates their diverse stories and identities with the catwalk winding through our period rooms from 1878 to 2049.
Aligning with London Fashion week, the programme highlights the fact that while our new rooms are specific to some communities, they also include relatable aspects in all our experiences, especially as British citizens. The rooms are festive, they champion differences as well as similarities, symbolising what makes us human.
Following the catwalk, Margaret will be in conversation with Gaynor Tutani, from Museum of the Home. Together they will be discussing experiences of Asian diaspora and the nuances of a British Chinese home within a multi-cultural Britain.
What's On
7pm | Runway Show
8:15pm | Talk, A British Chinese Home, Featuring Margaret Sam and Gaynor Tutani
9pm | Drinks
This event is part of our initiative to discuss and explore decolonial practices. As a curator and producer, Gaynor is interested in ideas of decoloniality and how it can be a process and practice embedded within public programming. The talk and catwalk are an example of that practice, and this will be discussed during the talk. A short film screening of SUM LONDON fashion directed by Ramzey Sabbagh will also be part of the programme.
The skills you develop by taking part in this activity can be used to build your Kingston Award reflections on Career Zone. Find out more by watching our Kingston Award video, visiting our Kingston Award webpages or getting in touch with us.
*This is an externally hosted event and inclusion on KUextra does not constitute an endorsement or approval by Kingston University.
