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Journal article

BROWN, V., 2021. Is coolness still cool? Journal for Cultural Research. ISSN 1479-7585

BROWN, V., 2018. Cool, sunglasses and the modern woman: icons of the 1960s. Film, Fashion & Consumption, 7 (2), pp. 97-114. ISSN 2044-2823

Authored book

BROWN, V., 2014. Cool shades: the history and meaning of sunglasses. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780857854445

Chapter in book

BROWN, V., 2016. Sunglasses. In: V. STEELE, ed., Fashion Photography Archive. London: Bloomsbury.

Conference contribution

BROWN, V., 2019. It's cooler in the shade: the darkness of dark glasses. In: Darkness 2019: Island Dynamics Conference, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 13-17 January 2019.

TWIGGER HOLROYD, A. and BROWN, V., 2017. Can sustainable fashion be cool? In: Conference on Connecting with a Low-Carbon Future - the Challenges for the Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling, Scotland, 19-20 April 2017.

BROWN, V., 2016. Cool, sunglasses and the ultimate modern woman – icons of the 1960s. In: Dolly Birds and Swinging Cities, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, 19 May 2016.

BROWN, V., 2016. Reflections on impermeability: sunglasses, shine, and other signifiers of modern cool. In: Fashion, Style, Appearance and Design strand of the American Popular Culture/Popular Culture Association Conference, Seattle, USA, 24 March 2016.

BROWN, V., 2013. Is it cool to be fashionable? The instabilities of fashion and cool. In: Fifth Global Fashion Conference: Exploring Critical Issues, Oxford, 5 September 2013.

Exhibition

MCINNES, I., 2014. Knitting Nottingham. Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, 6-28 November 2014.

Review

BROWN, V., 2015. Exhibition Review. Craft Research, 6 (2), pp. 319-329. ISSN 2040-4689

Thesis

BROOK, P., 2025. Modernism and the swimsuit: an investigation into the aesthetic, social and material properties of the interwar knitted swimsuit. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.

BALL, E., 2024. Negotiating liquid identity through hair supported by the salon experience. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.

MARRONCELLI, R., 2024. The emotional durability of fast fashion: male and female perspectives. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.