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Jo Early

Jo Early

London, United Kingdom
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE Kingston University
Course Can I Go On Yet?
SPECIALISMS Womenswear,Knitwear

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T.Lynn@kingston.ac.uk

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I grew up surrounded by men’s football. My dad was the club photographer for Huddersfield Town Football Club for over 15 years. From a young age, I supported from the terraces, pointing out dad on the side of the pitch. I began researching how women’s football grew during the First World War, when women had to take on “male” positions in factories, and these factories would often have their own football teams. Teams like Dick, Kerr Ladies were extremely popular with crowds of 68,000 turning out to watch the games. However, in 1921, the FA’s Consultative Committee made a ruling that ‘the game of football is quite unsuitable for females.’ Personally I love both watching and playing women’s football. My graduate collection, 'Can I Go On Yet?”, imagines a world where the ban never happened reflecting on the influence this would have had on womenswear over the last century. Where women’s football grew from its successes in the 1920s into an inclusive, liberating, and enjoyable environment.

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