Author

Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood

is the director of the Textile Research Centre, Leiden and a specialist in Middle Eastern dress and textiles. She has worked for many years as a textile archaeologist in Egypt and is the author and editor of numerous authoritative publications including Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing (Brill, 1993), and Encyclopedia of Embroidery from the Arab World (Bloomsbury Academic, 2016), among others.

Articles by this author

issue 11

Turbans and Textiles

Mamluk Egyptian Clothing

An exploration of the colourful, varied—often complicated and elaborate—daily clothing in Mamluk-era Egypt.

issue 11

Slow Fashion

PART I: Everyday Ancient Egyptian Clothing

Our impressions of what the ancient Egyptians wore have largely been shaped by modern-day films, but are these perceptions accurate? Or was the reality much more varied and complex?