Further dissemination and recognition
Over a period of 18 days, Invisible Men attracted 5,692 visitors, while its press and media coverage achieved an estimated 1.12 million coverage views.
The exhibition gained significant international press and media coverage including Artforum, CNN, Financial Times, i-D magazine, Dazed, Evening Standard, LOVE magazine, Le Monde, Paper Journal, SHOWstudio, The Guardian, Independent, Vogue, V Man magazine, AnOther magazine, and 1Granary.
The success of the exhibition demonstrated Grove’s hypothesis that there is a significant public interest in menswear as a distinct design discipline. With no precedent for such a large-scale exhibition of menswear in the UK, the success of Invisible Men reduces the perceived risk that has previously stopped menswear exhibitions being staged.
Several forthcoming exhibitions have asked to borrow objects from the WMA collection, including Manchester Art Gallery for Dandy Style in 2021, and the V&A and the National Army Museum in 2022.
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
Groves, A, Symposium: ‘The Vanishing Art of Camouflage’, University of Westminster, London, November 7, 2016
Sprecher, D, ‘The University of Westminster Menswear Archive: Developing a New Resource’, Masculinities Hub Symposium: Masculinities and Archives, London College of Fashion, November 18, 2017.
Reviewed by Paul Bench in Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, 5: 1&2, 2018
Sprecher, D, ‘Knitwear in the Westminster Menswear Archive: Building a Collection’, In the Loop at 10, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, July 19, 2018
Groves, A, ‘The abandonment of menswear – hidden identities from the Westminster Menswear Archive’, IFFTI, Manchester Metropolitan University, April 10–11, 2019
Groves A, Sprecher, D, ‘Invisible Men: An anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive’, Researcher Network Conference, ‘Research Matters’, University of Westminster, June 18, 2019
Groves, A, Sprecher, D, Invisible Men conference, University of Westminster, October 29, 2019
Groves, A, Sprecher, D, Invisible Men: CP Company, 18Montrose, London, October 25 – November 24, 2019
Groves, A, Sprecher, D, Faiers, J, ‘In Conversation: Lorenzo Osti & Moreno Ferrari’, University of Westminster, October 31, 2019
Groves, A, Sprecher, D, Mower, S, ‘In Conversation: Samuel Ross’, University of Westminster, November 7, 2019
Groves, A. Sprecher, D, Rust, I, ‘In Conversation: Aitor Throup’, University of Westminster, November 21, 2019
Sprecher, D, ‘The Westminster Menswear Archive: Building a collection’, Redressing Diversity: Making hidden histories visible, DATS: Dress and Textile Specialists, Norwich, November 29, 2019
Sprecher, D, ‘Invisible Men: An anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive’, Millennial Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies and Lumbersexuals, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, December 10 –11, 2019
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
‘A Londres cet automne, une exposition inedite sur l’habit de travail masculin’, August 2019, Les Inrockuptibles
‘A huge exhibition about British menswear is set to open in London’, Dazed, August 13, 2019
‘Westminster Menswear Archive opening new exhibition, Invisible Men’, SHOWstudio, August 13, 2019
Young, S, ’Invisible Men: Largest ever menswear exhibition in UK is coming to London’, Independent, August 14, 2019
Wightman-Stone, D, ‘Westminster Menswear Archive to stage largest menswear exhibition’, Fashion United, August 14, 2019
Summers, N, ‘Invisible Men exhibition’, Proper magazine, August 14, 2019
‘The biggest-ever exhibition of menswear is coming to London’, Another Man, August 14, 2019
O’Flaherty, M C, ’Invisible Men: Charting workwear’s influence on fashion’, How to Spend It, FT, September 29, 2019
‘Invisible Men: An insight into the Westminster Menswear Archive’, Sevenstore, October 2019
Dove, R, ‘Your guide to the new season of menswear’, Evening Standard, October 10, 2019
Summers, N, ‘Invisible Men exhibition: In conversation with Lorenzo Osti & Moreno Ferrari’, Proper magazine, October 15, 2019
‘Collaborations all round: from Supreme x Levi’s to RedValentino for Harrods’, Love magazine, October 21, 2019
Anderson, J, ‘How much has men’s style changed in the last 30 years?’, i-D, October 23, 2019 Bardsley, E, ‘Andrew Groves: “Menswear is about finding individuality within uniformity”’ 1 Granary, October 25, 2019
Smith, C, ‘Things to do, London – Invisible Men: Westminster Menswear Archive’, Style Cartel, October 26, 2019
‘Voir Chandigarh, se regaler au Buffet, admirer des lumieres… Les 7 idees de la semaine’, Le Monde, October 27, 2019
Shepherd, H, ‘Has fashion forgotten about menswear?’, INDIE Magazine, October 28, 2019
Moss, J, ‘Inside the UK’s largest-ever menswear exhibition’, Another Man, October 28, 2019
‘Menswear has never been so casual. So why is the image of a man in uniform still so alluring?’, CNN, October 30, 2019
Cochrane, L, ‘Pitch perfect: Why vintage football shirts are a style game-changer’, The Guardian, October 31, 2019 ‘
Invisible Men: An anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive’ CREAM, October – November 2019
Harrington, K, ‘Best of blue: A denim day at the Westminster Menswear Archive!’, Trademark Blue, November 2019
Phillips, J, ‘Radiant; Andrew Groves knows’, Cent magazine, November 1, 2019
‘Invisible Men exhibition – Westminster Menswear Archive’, Paper Journal, November 18, 2019
Rozyc, M, ‘Invisible Men: Moda męska wychodzi z cienia’, Vogue Polska, November 19, 2019
Ala Champ, ‘Invisible Men’, Champ magazine, November 24, 2019
Sims, J, ‘Can clothes ever be a good investment?’, The Journal, Mr Porter, December 10, 2019
Hopkins, R, ‘Tailored for the terraces’, Champions Journal, January 2020
Costume Society Newsletter (2020) ‘Valerie Cumming, The Costume Society Review.pdf’.
Thompson, M, ‘Invisible Men: Menswear through history’, overtimeonline.co.uk
| Creators | Groves, Andrew |
|---|---|
| Description | Groves led the project to establish and launch the WMA in 2016, with the purpose of redressing the historical omission |
| Portfolio items | Invisible Men: An Anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive |
| Invisible Men Conference | |
| Invisible Men: An Anthology from the Westminster Menswear Archive | |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | University of Westminster |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.invisiblemenexhibition.com/ |
| Keywords | CREAM Portfolio |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.34737/qqq4v |
