Claire Regnault is Senior Curator of New Zealand Culture and History at Te Papa and has worked as a curator in the art gallery and museum sector since 1994. Her curatorial practice is eclectic in nature and she is particularly passionate about New Zealand’s fashion history. She is the author of New Zealand Gown of the Year (2003), and co-author, with Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Lucy Hammonds of The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940 (2010), which was a finalist in the 2011 NZ Post Book Awards. Her newest book, Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910 was published in 2021.

Verb Festival 2021 Appearances:
Women in Clothes, Sun 7 Nov, 11:30am.

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