Linda Welters
Fashion Merchandising and Design
Rhodes University
United States of America
Biography
Former Editor-in-Chief of Dress, the Journal of the Costume Society of America, Welters also co-edited the book Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island with URI colleague Margaret Ordoñez. She was named a Distinguished Scholar by the International Textile and Apparel Association.
Research Interest
archaeological textiles, fabric, folk dress (european), quilting, quilts, sewing
Publications
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Welters L. The natural look: American style in the 1970s. Fashion Theory. 2008 Dec 1;12(4):489-510.