Diplomatic Wives, Cultures of Dress, and Brita Kekkonen : The New Study on the Cultural History of Diplomacy Has Started
Abstract
In this article, I discuss the private dress collection of Brita Kekkonen (1927–2013), a diplomatic wife, who was a very well-known figure in Finland during the period of the Cold War. Brita Kekkonen was also a very talented dress-maker and a very fashionable figure in diplomatic circles. Some eighty outfits made by Brita Kekkonen have survived to this day, in addition to her volumi-nous pattern collection, containing more than 1,000 patterns from several decades. The aim of my new postdoctoral research project is to identify Bri-ta Kekkonen’s dresses and examine their use, politico-cultural meanings and design in the context of the Cold War, diplomatic etiquette and Kekkonen’s own personal history.
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Format
Articles
Journal article
Published
2021
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Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Ethnos ry
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202112226125Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Review status
Non-peer reviewed
ISSN
0355-1776
DOI
https://doi.org/10.23991/ef.v48i2.112655
Language
English
Published in
Ethnologia Fennica
Citation
- Niiranen, A. (2021). Diplomatic Wives, Cultures of Dress, and Brita Kekkonen : The New Study on the Cultural History of Diplomacy Has Started. Ethnologia Fennica, 48(2), 96-106. https://doi.org/10.23991/ef.v48i2.112655
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