‘Clothing is an armour we all wear’: Street fashion photography in Bhutan

To the left is an image of A woman wearing an ankle length dress of multicoloured stripped fabric and a jacket decorated with gold dragons. To the right is a multicoloured robe, which is predominantly stripped yellow, green, and red.

ARCHIVED EVENT

25 February 2025, 2:00PM - 3:00PM

McDonald Seminar Room and online

Free, booking required

About the event

Join us in-person or online for a slide show and discussion of Karma Tshering Wangchuk's work, including recent research with historic collections of Himalayan textiles at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Booking is essential, so email admin@maa.cam.ac.uk to reserve your place or receive the Zoom link.

About the speaker

Karma Tshering Wangchuk is a fashion designer, photographer, and textile specialist from Bhutan. His month-long residency in Cambridge has been made possible with a grant from the Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund, organised in collaboration with Dr Ayesha Fuentes (Research Associate in Conservation at MAA) who will moderate the discussion. To discover more of Karma's work visit his Instagram account.

Image credits

Karma Tshering Wangchuk, 2025.

Man's robe, Bhutan. Collectors: Frederick and Margaret Williamson. MAA D 1976.254 A