Claire Regnault
Claire Regnault is a senior curator at Te Papa, where she specialises in dress history. She has published several books on New Zealand fashion including Dressed, winner of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction, The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Since 1940 (2010) and The New Zealand Gown of the Year (2003). She is the president of Costume & Textiles Aotearoa New Zealand.
You can find Claire's books at UBS - University Bookshop Canterbury.
Image: Yoan Jolly, Te Papa
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