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
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
RTÉ Radio 1, The Business Show
Writing/Print:
2023
Image Magazine, Spring Issue
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
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.