Talking Fashion History

Ruth Griffin talking Irish fashion history on documentaries Man on Bridge El Zorrero Films, RTÉ National Treasures and TG4 Snáithe.

TV

  • RTÉ National Treasures

  • RTÉ The Way We Were

  • TG4 Snáithe

  • EZ Films, Man on Bridge, The Story & Photos of Arthur Fields

Radio

  • RTÉ Radio 1, The Ray D'Arcy Show

  • RTÉ Radio 1, The Business

Lectures & Talks

  • Dublin Festival of History

  • Dublin Fringe Festival

  • NCAD

  • National Gallery of Ireland

  • Culture Night Dublin

  • Trinity HistoryCon

Featured in:

Grazia, Elle, Image magazine, The Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, The Gloss Magazine

TV Appearances:

2022

RTÉ The Way We Were, Season 1, The Way We Shopped 

Contributor

2018

RTÉ National Treasures

4 Part Series, Fashion Curator

TG4 Snáithe, The Story of Irish Fashion

Contributor

2017

EX Films/ RTÉ Man on Bridge, The Story & Photos of Arthur Fields

Contributor

Radio Appearances:

2022

A Brief History of Swimwear

May, RTÉ Radio 1, The Ray Darcy Show

2022

History of Male Grooming

October,  RTÉ Radio 1, The Business Show

2015

History of the Skirt

RTÉ Radio 1, The Business Show

Writing/Print:

2023

Image Magazine, Spring Issue

Feature on Tweed’s New Mood

Writing/Online:

RTÉ 

The Glamorous History of Dublin’s Lost Department Stores

RTÉ
A Brief History of Dublin's Seaside Fashions

RTÉ

National Treasures- Ireland’s Style History

Festivals & Talks

2019

Dublin Festival of History 

  • Fabric & Fashion, From Silk Weaving to Singer, talk on Dublin Fashion & The City, at the City Assembly House

  • The Wilde’s & Dress Reform, tour with Professor Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut

2018

National Treasures, National Museum of Ireland, Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar

Lecture on what fashion objects tell us about our history?

Trinity HistoryCon, Dressing History, Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin

Panel discussion with costume designer Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh on the relationship between the study of history and popular media

2015

Culture Night Dublin 

Fashion tour of Dublin by horse and carriage 

Christmas on the Square, Merrion Square 

Fashion tour & talk in the Royal Society of Antiquaries at 6 Merrion Square

2013

The Science Gallery,  Trinity College Dublin

Panel Discussion: RETROCYCLE: THE OSCILLATIONS AND FEEDBACK LOOPS OF FASHION 

Retrocycle assembled a team of fashion fans and experts to deconstruct what constitutes a retro fashion, the historical moments that shaped it. Hosted by stylist and broadcaster Darren Kennedy from HELP MY STYLE, and featured a panel that included fashion writer, stylist and historian Ruth Griffin, and NUI Maynooth anthropologist Pauline Garvey. 

2011

Dublin Fringe Festival 

Series of talks and tours

The Lost Fashion History of South William Street, curated and produced an event for Dublin’s Fringe festival which included a series of talks, tours and workshops celebrating the lost fashion businesses and skills which were once happening on South William Street- Dublin’s original garment district.

Snáithe the story of Irish fashion