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Women's Art Register
Book - Exhibition Catalogue, Caroline Phillips, The f Word: Contemporary feminist art in Australia, 2012-2014
... The f Word: Contemporary feminist art in Australia...feminist art... and create a space for critical dialogue about feminist art... feminist art then and now in Melbourne, Australia, the site ...Publication accompanying the project, The f Word: Contemporary feminist art in Australia. Curated by Caroline Phillips, this project included multiple components: A Dinner Party: Setting the table; the Regional Feminist Art Forum, the Technopia Tours Feminist Art Bus, and two exhibitions.Publication accompanying the project, The f Word: Contemporary feminist art in Australia. Curated by Caroline Phillips, this project included multiple components: A Dinner Party: Setting the table; the Regional Feminist Art Forum, the Technopia Tours Feminist Art Bus, and two exhibitions.feminism, feminist art, melbourne, the dinner party, australia, judy chicago, west space, latrobe visual art institute, bendigo, gippsland art gallery, sale, victoria, ararat regional art gallery, ararat, technopia tours, kim donaldson, catherine bell, penny byrne, filomena coppola, kate just, jill orr, clare rae, elvis richardson, kate beynon, karen buczynski-lee, destiny deacon, laurene dietrich, eliza-jane gilchrist, janice gobey, georgia macguire, robyn massey, caroline phillips, louise saxton, inez de vega, lyndal walker, justine makdessi, the great petition, natalie thomas, laura castagnini, lyndal jones, vicki kinai, dot ket, virginia fraser, juliette peers, louise burchill, carolyn barnes, melbourne social equity institute, ebony gulliver, kalinda vary, kate robertson, stephanie alexander, kate macneill, victoria duckett, hana assafiri, victoria bennett, anne marsh, catherine deveny, danni zuvela, jon dale, marcia jane, catherine evans -
Women's Art Register
Book - Anthology, Katy Deepwell, New Feminist Art Criticism, 1995
... New Feminist Art Criticism... on feminist practice. Complement material held in the Women's Art ...Essays addressing questions surrounding the effects of feminism on arts practice including responses to feminist exhibitions, the way arts degrees are taught d how feminism's engagment with psychoanalysis and postmodernism has deconstructed borders between the arts and crafts.Booknon-fictionEssays addressing questions surrounding the effects of feminism on arts practice including responses to feminist exhibitions, the way arts degrees are taught d how feminism's engagment with psychoanalysis and postmodernism has deconstructed borders between the arts and crafts. theory, psychoanalytic theory, modernism, curatorship, museology, censorship, hierarchy of media, feminist pedagogy, education, performance art -
Women's Art Register
Book, Sandy Kirby, Sight Lines. Women's Art and Feminist Perspectives in Australia, 1992
... Sight Lines. Women's Art and Feminist Perspectives in...feminist art practice... material held in The Women's Art Register portraiture feminist art ...Charts the intersection of the women's art movement with women's art, and the increased visibility of women artists from the 1960s into the 1970s in Australia.Booknon-fictionCharts the intersection of the women's art movement with women's art, and the increased visibility of women artists from the 1960s into the 1970s in Australia.portraiture, feminist art practice, performance art, political art, art and craft, thancoupie, jill orr, vivienne binns, collective art, erica mcgilchrist, mickey allan, ann newmarch -
Women's Art Register
Book, Lucy R. Lippard, From the Centre. Feminist essays on women's art, 1976
... From the Centre. Feminist essays on women's art ... art and feminist art practices. This collection brings... contemporary art, women's art and feminist art practices ...Following an introduction from the editors of Art-Rite are 12 essays by Judy Chicago discussing feminist art history, academic perspectives, contested issues, projects and exhibitions, and 18 monographs on specific artists, plus two fictional pieces.Booknon-fictionFollowing an introduction from the editors of Art-Rite are 12 essays by Judy Chicago discussing feminist art history, academic perspectives, contested issues, projects and exhibitions, and 18 monographs on specific artists, plus two fictional pieces.art history, criticism, gender, contemporary, feminism, joan mitchell, judy chicago, faith ringgold, louise bourgeois, adrian piper, eva hesse, performance -
Women's Art Register
Book, Judy Chicago, Through the Flower. My struggle as a women artist
... Feminist Art... Chicago, who is pivotal to the development of feminist art... of feminist art practices in the United States. She writes ...BookBooknon-fictionBookfeminism, feminist art, exhibition, abstraction, art education -
Women's Art Register
Women's Art Register Bulletin, The Bulletin, January 2000
... Feminist Art... Feminist Art Debbie Harman Qadri 20 page A4 booklet. Black ...20 page A4 booklet. Black and whiterosalie gascoigne, annie taylor, gabrielle martin, stravinsky's lunch, drusilla modjeska, lyn pool, pat hillcoat, leigh hay, victorian guild of china painters, claudine top, margaret gurney, feminist art, debbie harman qadri -
Women's Art Register
Book, Harper Collins, Confessions of The Guerilla Girls, 1995
... Feminist Art... Art Register Feminist Art Political Art Urban Art Street Art ...An illustrated survey of the work of the Guerrilla Girls with interviews, an essay by Whitney Chadwick, and four pull-out postcards by the Guerrilla Girls.non-fictionAn illustrated survey of the work of the Guerrilla Girls with interviews, an essay by Whitney Chadwick, and four pull-out postcards by the Guerrilla Girls. feminist art, political art, urban art, street art, activism, posters -
Women's Art Register
Journal, Women's Art Forum Annual 1978, 27th February 1979
... on the state of feminist art in Australia in 1978. 100 pages. B/W text... of feminist art in Australia in 1978. 100 pages. B/W text ...This journal is the first issue of the Women's Art Forum, a women artists' collective established in 1978 (Melbourne, Australia), in connection with the Women's Art Register.The Women's Art Register is an Australian collection of national significance, documenting the work of Australian women artists from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.First issue of the Women's Art Forum, reporting on the state of feminist art in Australia in 1978. 100 pages. B/W text and illustrations. Articles include artist drawings, stories, histories of women artists, and reports, advocating and representing Australian women artists.Published by the Women's Art Forum of Victoria. Printed by Sybylla Co-operative Press Ltd. -
Women's Art Register
Book, The Women's Press Limited, Women Artists: Recognition and Reappraisal from the Early Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, 1978
... which they use to illustrate their lectures about Feminist art... about Feminist art history all over the US, the book provides ...Illustrated overview of women artists from 5th - 20th century including European, British and American artists. A chapter on Chinese artists states that Chinese women's contribution to the arts ' beginning around 3000 BC.'Booknon-fictionIllustrated overview of women artists from 5th - 20th century including European, British and American artists. A chapter on Chinese artists states that Chinese women's contribution to the arts ' beginning around 3000 BC.'painting, portraiture, sculpture, textiles, photography -
Women's Art Register
Book, Oxford University Press, Idols of perversity. Fantasies of Feminine evil in Fin-de-Siecle Culture, 1989
Analysis of late 19th century American and European writing, art, science and philosophy exploring cultural misogyny. Discusses the attitude to women as having only sexual and reproductive roles and being depicted as symbols of evil, passivity and sensuality, and ever dependent, while men were free to follow financially independent public and intellectual lives.Booknon-fictionAnalysis of late 19th century American and European writing, art, science and philosophy exploring cultural misogyny. Discusses the attitude to women as having only sexual and reproductive roles and being depicted as symbols of evil, passivity and sensuality, and ever dependent, while men were free to follow financially independent public and intellectual lives. painting, feminism, sexuality, violence, symbolism, mythology, motherhood, darwinism, pre-raphaelites -
Women's Art Register
Book - Anthology, Thomas B Hess and Elizabeth Baker, Art and Sexual Politics Why have there been no great women artists?, 1971
Professor of Art Linda Nochlin, and critic and art historian Thomas B. Hess respond to the question "Why have there been no great women artists?'. Nochlin writes of 'the women question' in art and beyond, addressing barriers in education and art schools negating full participation or studying the nude, the limiting definitions of 'greatness', domestic demands and class, and maintains it is the institutional structures that are the key to equality, and it is these which should be challenged and reformed. Hess addresses wrong attribution, the studio system, the relative freedoms in the Middle Ages before the Renaissance emphasised the male genius ideal and self confidence. Ten replies from artists follow, mainly responding to Nochlin's treatise. Elizabeth Baker, writes the final essay, charting the changes in regards to representation including issues surrounding quotas, recognition, the debates surrounding the contested definitions of female and feminist artists.and the frequent lack of support by female dealers, critics and curators.non-fictionProfessor of Art Linda Nochlin, and critic and art historian Thomas B. Hess respond to the question "Why have there been no great women artists?'. Nochlin writes of 'the women question' in art and beyond, addressing barriers in education and art schools negating full participation or studying the nude, the limiting definitions of 'greatness', domestic demands and class, and maintains it is the institutional structures that are the key to equality, and it is these which should be challenged and reformed. Hess addresses wrong attribution, the studio system, the relative freedoms in the Middle Ages before the Renaissance emphasised the male genius ideal and self confidence. Ten replies from artists follow, mainly responding to Nochlin's treatise. Elizabeth Baker, writes the final essay, charting the changes in regards to representation including issues surrounding quotas, recognition, the debates surrounding the contested definitions of female and feminist artists.and the frequent lack of support by female dealers, critics and curators.essays, feminism, studio practce, art history, gender, politics, discrimination, museolgy, curatorship, identity -
Women's Art Register
Book, Whitney Chadwick, Women, Art and Society, 1990
Illustrated feminist overview of women artists from the Middle Ages to the late 20th century, practising predominantly in Europe, United Kingdom and the United States.Booknon-fictionIllustrated feminist overview of women artists from the Middle Ages to the late 20th century, practising predominantly in Europe, United Kingdom and the United States.painting, sculpture, performance, feminism, collage -
Women's Art Register
Book, Catriona Moore, Dissonance. Feminism and the Arts 1970-90, 1994
... definitions of women's and feminist art, reviews and critiques ...An anthology of essays by significant writers, critics and artists, edited by Catriona Moore, examining contemporary women's art in Australia. Includes definitions of women's and feminist art, reviews and critiques of exhibitions and individual artists. The first section includes articles reprinted from publications including Lip and Refactory Girl.Projects include 'The D'oyley Show', "Mothers, Memories and Others' Memories", and Lucy Lippard's visit in 1975.Booknon-fictionAn anthology of essays by significant writers, critics and artists, edited by Catriona Moore, examining contemporary women's art in Australia. Includes definitions of women's and feminist art, reviews and critiques of exhibitions and individual artists. The first section includes articles reprinted from publications including Lip and Refactory Girl.Projects include 'The D'oyley Show', "Mothers, Memories and Others' Memories", and Lucy Lippard's visit in 1975.feminism, feminist arts practice, australian artists, community arts, the women's art register -
Women's Art Register
Book, Germaine Greer, The Obstacle Race. The fortunes of women painters and their work, 1979
... they explored An seminal text in regards to feminist art scholarship ...Traces the social, educational, and psychological barriers for women artists from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century to gain recognition, most relying on relationships with artists in their families to gain success. or conversely denied success through partnerships with male painters.Book non-fictionTraces the social, educational, and psychological barriers for women artists from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century to gain recognition, most relying on relationships with artists in their families to gain success. or conversely denied success through partnerships with male painters. portraiture, flowerpainting, miniaturists, still life -
Women's Art Register
Book, Chritine Battersby, Gender and Genius. Towards a Feminist Aesthetics, 1989
Using the writings of ancient and contemporary male philosophers the book interrogates ideas around narrow gender roles, and the creation of feminist aesthetic.Booknon-fictionUsing the writings of ancient and contemporary male philosophers the book interrogates ideas around narrow gender roles, and the creation of feminist aesthetic.myths, creativity, motherhood, psychoanalytic theory, prejudice -
Women's Art Register
Book, Rosemary Betterton, Looking On. Images in the Visual Arts and Media, 1987
Essays examining the way images of women advertising, magazines, fine art, fashion and pornography influence attitudes and perceptions about femininity and female sexuality.Booknon-fictionEssays examining the way images of women advertising, magazines, fine art, fashion and pornography influence attitudes and perceptions about femininity and female sexuality.iconography, mass media, body image, self-portraiture -
Women's Art Register
Book - Anthology, Sneja Gunew & Anna Yeatman, Feminism and the Politics of Difference, 1993
Collection of essays written by feminist theorists from several disciplines in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US, challenging 'western ' feminism, examining identity politics and intersectionality.Booknon-fictionCollection of essays written by feminist theorists from several disciplines in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US, challenging 'western ' feminism, examining identity politics and intersectionality.post-colonialism, body, postmodernism, poststructuralism, theory, racism, globalization -
Women's Art Register
Book, Uta Grosenick, Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century, 2003
Individual focus on 47 women artists, predominantly from the UK, USA and Europe, in photographs and brief text prepared by various critics and writers.bookIndividual focus on 47 women artists, predominantly from the UK, USA and Europe, in photographs and brief text prepared by various critics and writers.marina abramovic, louise bourgeois, guerrilla girls, cindy sherman, adrian piper, georgia o'keefe, portraiture, perfomance, political art, tracey emin, hannah hoch -
Women's Art Register
Book - Anthology, Joan Kerr and Jo Holder, Past Present. The National Women's Art Anthology, N/A
... collaborative practices Essays on feminist art, art history, criticism ...Essays on feminist art, art history, criticism and museum practices in 1990s Australia by writers, academics, artists.non-fictionEssays on feminist art, art history, criticism and museum practices in 1990s Australia by writers, academics, artists.indigenous art, political art, gender, represenation, museology, photography, installation, graphic design, collaborative practices -
Women's Art Register
Book, Judith Brooks, The Women's Gallery 1988 - 1995, 2019
... Fitzroy Melbourne. Overview of a significant feminist centred art ...Documents every event in the volunteer-run Women's Gallery, which ran June 1988 until December 1995, in bohemian Brunswick Street Melbourne and showed 119 solo and group exhibitions, and hosted book launches, music and theatre performances, seminars and poetry readings.BOOKnon-fictionDocuments every event in the volunteer-run Women's Gallery, which ran June 1988 until December 1995, in bohemian Brunswick Street Melbourne and showed 119 solo and group exhibitions, and hosted book launches, music and theatre performances, seminars and poetry readings.solo and group exhibitions, spiritual art, political art, portraiture, iwd exhibitions, collaborative prectice, collective practice -
Women's Art Register
Book, Somer Brodribb, Nothing Mat(t)ers. A Feminist critique of Postmodernism, 1992
... theory political art modernism feminism A feminist critique ...A feminist critique of post-modernism to create a new discourse in feminist theory.Book non-fictionA feminist critique of post-modernism to create a new discourse in feminist theory.structuralism, deconstructivism, theory, political art, modernism, feminism -
Women's Art Register
Book, David Humphries et al, The Mural Manual. A guide to community murals in Australia, 1982
An illustrated survey of public mural projects during the 1970's and 1980's in metropolitan and regional communities including feminist, Trade Union, and Indigenous projects.non-fictionAn illustrated survey of public mural projects during the 1970's and 1980's in metropolitan and regional communities including feminist, Trade Union, and Indigenous projects.murals, trade unions, women's murals, indigenous, urban art, political art, community arts, community arts network, eve glen, carol ruff, sarah macnamarra, barbary o'brien, community arts board, geoff hogg, ann newmarch, merilyn fairskye, catriona moore -
Federation University Art Collection
Mixed media, Carole Wilson, 'Heart Mat' by Carole Wilson, 2001
Carole WILSON (1960- ) Born Canberra, Australia Carole Wilson is an artist living and working in Ballarat, Victoria where she is Associate Professor in Visual Arts and Deputy Dean in the School of Arts. Carole studied at both the Canberra School of Art and Philip Institute of Technology, now RMIT, in Melbourne and completed a PhD at the University of Ballarat in 2001. Her original training was in printmaking and she was a founding member of Jillposters, feminist poster group, in 1983 and worked at Another Planet Posters, Melbourne. For over a decade Carole Wilson has utilised discarded and salvaged materials such as floral carpets, maps and atlases to create works which engage with aspects of botany, garden history, travel and historical ornament. In recent years she has undertaken residencies in Italy, the US, Malaysia and The Netherlands which have all had a significant impact on her work. 'Woven Mantra: A Visual Expression of Meditation' is the title of Carole Wilson's thesis undertaken for a PhD - Visual Arts at the University of Ballarat in 2001. The research project examines the links between spiritual practice and visual art. More specifically, the research examines the relationships between repetition of a manta, and repetition of an image. 2010- Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts, Honours and Research Degrees Co-ordinator 2009-2011 Lecturer in Studio Practice and Postgraduate Co-ordinator 1999-2008 Lecturer in Visual Arts (Sessional) This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed artwork by Carole Wilson.art, artwork, carole wilson, wilson, university of ballarat, doctorate, arts academy, mixed media, monoprint, haberdashery -
Federation University Art Collection
Work on paper - Digital Prints, Gilson, Deanne, 'Wadawurrung Axe Heads 1-4' by Deanne Gilson, 2011
Dr Deanne GILSON (1967- ) Country: Wadawurrung Deanne Gilson is a Federation University alumni, and an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist. Her practice draws its inspiration from ‘Ancestral marks’ and design on cultural objects found in museum archives and family oral histories. Deanne’s practice seeks to interrogate the colonial legacy of settlement and the western hegemonic systems of class, race and representation in historical photographs that were imposed on her Ancestors. Her work also explores the matriarchal role through her feminist perspectives, looking at the history of marriage and the oppressive function it has played within her family. Deanne has completed the following educationala achievements. 2014 – 2015 Masters by Research (Visual Art), Deakin University Geelong 2013 Graduate Diploma in Education Secondary, Federation University 2011 Certificate IV in Aboriginal Contemporary Art & Craft 2010 Cultural Heritage Management Course, Lakes Entrance 1 Week 2007 – 2010 Graduated, Bachelor of Visual Arts with Honours, University of Ballarat 1984 Diploma of Art, School of Mines & Industries TAFE This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.This work depicts an axehead found on Wadawurrung country and is a responce to workign alongside archeologists untertaking land surveys of her ancestral lands and the visual documentaiton of artefcts.art, artwork, deanne gilson, gilson, wadawurrung, stone axe, aboriginal, alumni -
Federation University Art Collection
Laser Print, 'Paper Shawl' by Carole Wilson
Carole WILSON (1960- ) Born Canberra, Australia Carole Wilson is an artist living and working in Ballarat, Victoria where she is Associate Professor in Visual Arts and Deputy Dean in the School of Arts. Carole studied at both the Canberra School of Art and Philip Institute of Technology, now RMIT, in Melbourne and completed a PhD at the University of Ballarat in 2001. Her original training was in printmaking and she was a founding member of Jillposters, feminist poster group, in 1983 and worked at Another Planet Posters, Melbourne. For over a decade Carole Wilson has utilised discarded and salvaged materials such as floral carpets, maps and atlases to create works which engage with aspects of botany, garden history, travel and historical ornament. In recent years she has undertaken residencies in Italy, the US, Malaysia and The Netherlands which have all had a significant impact on her work. 'Woven Mantra: A Visual Expression of Meditation' is the title of Carole Wilson's thesis undertaken for a PhD - Visual Arts at the University of Ballarat in 2001. The research project examines the links between spiritual practice and visual art. More specifically, the research examines the relationships between repetition of a manta, and repetition of an image. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. Carole Wilson lectures at Federation University Australia: 2010- Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts, Honours and Research Degrees Co-ordinator 2009-2011 Lecturer in Studio Practice and Postgraduate Co-ordinator 1999-2008 Lecturer in Visual Arts (Sessional) art, artwork, carole wilson, alumni -
Federation University Art Collection
Laser Print, 'Kali's Star with Orange Crosses' by Carole Wilson
Carole WILSON (1960- ) Born Canberra, Australia Carole Wilson is an artist living and working in Ballarat, Victoria where she is Associate Professor in Visual Arts and Deputy Dean in the School of Arts. Carole studied at both the Canberra School of Art and Philip Institute of Technology, now RMIT, in Melbourne and completed a PhD at the University of Ballarat in 2001. Her original training was in printmaking and she was a founding member of Jillposters, feminist poster group, in 1983 and worked at Another Planet Posters, Melbourne. For over a decade Carole Wilson has utilised discarded and salvaged materials such as floral carpets, maps and atlases to create works which engage with aspects of botany, garden history, travel and historical ornament. In recent years she has undertaken residencies in Italy, the US, Malaysia and The Netherlands which have all had a significant impact on her work. 'Woven Mantra: A Visual Expression of Meditation' is the title of Carole Wilson's thesis undertaken for a PhD - Visual Arts at the University of Ballarat in 2001. The research project examines the links between spiritual practice and visual art. More specifically, the research examines the relationships between repetition of a manta, and repetition of an image. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. Carole Wilson lectures at Federation University Australia: 2010- Senior Lecturer in Visual Arts, Honours and Research Degrees Co-ordinator 2009-2011 Lecturer in Studio Practice and Postgraduate Co-ordinator 1999-2008 Lecturer in Visual Arts (Sessional) art, artwork, carole wilson, printmaking, alumni -
Narre Warren and District Family History Group
Book, Sheila Scotter, Sheila Scotter : snaps, secrets and stories from my life, 1998
There is no other store like David Jones... and there is no other consultant like Sheila Scotter! Known variously as the Kangaroo editor (by Diana Vreeland), the black and white lady from Albert Park, and the Silver Duchess, this is the autobiography, scrapbook-style, of one of Australia's doyennes of style. For Sheila Scotter's seventeenth birthday her parents put on a 'coming out ball' in the United Services Club in Calcutta, where they lived at the time. The teenager wore a pale turquoise silk taffeta ball gown. Sheila no longer remembers what happened to that dress, but she does know that it is responsible for the black-and-white wardrobe that has been her hallmark ever since, with the exception of one occasion and one occasion only. For her seventieth birthday party, close friend John Truscott conned her into wearing red, insisting that the theme for the event was all red. And what did the guests all wear? Black and white! This anecdote lite, stylish, idiosyncratic is typical of the many that make up Sheila Scotter's autobiographical assortment. Most Australian women know Sheila Scotter through her Women's Weekly column 'Sheila Scotter Suggests' which ran between 1975 and 1980 and totalled some 235 instalments. The fact that this column is still vividly remembered 17 years later attests to the sacred place it held in every Australian household. A feminist before the word was invented, Sheila has had a formidable career. Two chapters are devoted to her career in fashion, including her time as the editor-in-chief of Vogue and founding editor of Vogue Living. The art of fundraising is also treated in some depth. In snippets, we hear of her love of cricket (which she once played); we find out how she came to live in Australia in the first place and why she has made Melbourne her home. Not surprisingly, the book reflects the personal contradictoriness of its author/subject on the one hand an aristocrat, on the other a rogue who does not respect rank; blithely mixing innate feminism with blatant coquettishness; outrageous yet scrupulously stylish; in the know yet discrete; courting notoriety while at the same time needing solitude a Like all celebrity autobiographers Sheila reserves her right to privacy while basking in the limelight. But she has used this book to set the record straight on a number of issues, including why she left Vogue, her many romantic involvements, her much-publicised spat with socialite Lillian Frank, and what was wrong with David Jones, to whom she consulted during 1994-95. The book contains the expected wining, dining and partying, as well as the inside story on some recent scandals. Sheila Scotter is glamorous and alluring, a forthright mover and shaker who inspires fear in some, awe and respect in others, and admiration and loyalty in most. No matter what you think of her, you simply cannot ignore her. Friends and enemies alike are awaiting this book with bated breath for one reason: when Sheila Scotter speaks, people listen. Contents Foreword (by Ruth Cracknell, a personal friend) Before I Begin a (explaining the rationale for the book) 1 Thursday's Child (birthdays) 2 Christmases to Remember 3 In Fashion (career in fashion) 4 A Matter of Style (Vogue Living and its influence) 5 Marriage and Other Liaisons 6 A Mixed Salad of Letters (letters, personal and business, from prominent people) 7 Fundraising: Are Committees Really Necessary? 8 Loved Ones Departed (or Why I Envy the Angels) 9 Disappointments and Other Disasters (scandals and inside stories) 10 London, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne (the places she has lived) 11 Not the Last Instalment (a look ahead) Postscript (a tribute to some special men read between the lines) Source: Publisher253 p.; 25 cmnon-fictionThere is no other store like David Jones... and there is no other consultant like Sheila Scotter! Known variously as the Kangaroo editor (by Diana Vreeland), the black and white lady from Albert Park, and the Silver Duchess, this is the autobiography, scrapbook-style, of one of Australia's doyennes of style. For Sheila Scotter's seventeenth birthday her parents put on a 'coming out ball' in the United Services Club in Calcutta, where they lived at the time. The teenager wore a pale turquoise silk taffeta ball gown. Sheila no longer remembers what happened to that dress, but she does know that it is responsible for the black-and-white wardrobe that has been her hallmark ever since, with the exception of one occasion and one occasion only. For her seventieth birthday party, close friend John Truscott conned her into wearing red, insisting that the theme for the event was all red. And what did the guests all wear? Black and white! This anecdote lite, stylish, idiosyncratic is typical of the many that make up Sheila Scotter's autobiographical assortment. Most Australian women know Sheila Scotter through her Women's Weekly column 'Sheila Scotter Suggests' which ran between 1975 and 1980 and totalled some 235 instalments. The fact that this column is still vividly remembered 17 years later attests to the sacred place it held in every Australian household. A feminist before the word was invented, Sheila has had a formidable career. Two chapters are devoted to her career in fashion, including her time as the editor-in-chief of Vogue and founding editor of Vogue Living. The art of fundraising is also treated in some depth. In snippets, we hear of her love of cricket (which she once played); we find out how she came to live in Australia in the first place and why she has made Melbourne her home. Not surprisingly, the book reflects the personal contradictoriness of its author/subject on the one hand an aristocrat, on the other a rogue who does not respect rank; blithely mixing innate feminism with blatant coquettishness; outrageous yet scrupulously stylish; in the know yet discrete; courting notoriety while at the same time needing solitude a Like all celebrity autobiographers Sheila reserves her right to privacy while basking in the limelight. But she has used this book to set the record straight on a number of issues, including why she left Vogue, her many romantic involvements, her much-publicised spat with socialite Lillian Frank, and what was wrong with David Jones, to whom she consulted during 1994-95. The book contains the expected wining, dining and partying, as well as the inside story on some recent scandals. Sheila Scotter is glamorous and alluring, a forthright mover and shaker who inspires fear in some, awe and respect in others, and admiration and loyalty in most. No matter what you think of her, you simply cannot ignore her. Friends and enemies alike are awaiting this book with bated breath for one reason: when Sheila Scotter speaks, people listen. Contents Foreword (by Ruth Cracknell, a personal friend) Before I Begin a (explaining the rationale for the book) 1 Thursday's Child (birthdays) 2 Christmases to Remember 3 In Fashion (career in fashion) 4 A Matter of Style (Vogue Living and its influence) 5 Marriage and Other Liaisons 6 A Mixed Salad of Letters (letters, personal and business, from prominent people) 7 Fundraising: Are Committees Really Necessary? 8 Loved Ones Departed (or Why I Envy the Angels) 9 Disappointments and Other Disasters (scandals and inside stories) 10 London, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne (the places she has lived) 11 Not the Last Instalment (a look ahead) Postscript (a tribute to some special men read between the lines) Source: Publishersheila scotter, fashion