Brittany Hughes

Brittany Hughes is a PhD student studying eighteenth-century France under Dr. Melissa Hyde. She is interested in French Orientalist fantasy and the role of dress and textiles in the construction of identity throughout the century. This work is an expansion of her master’s thesis “Fashioning the Other: Sartorial Turquerie in Ancien Régime France.” Brittany holds a BA in Art History and a BS in Apparel Design and Production, both from Colorado State University (2014), and a MA in Art History from the University of Colorado Boulder (2020). Outside of scholarly work, Brittany is a trained seamstress and worked in the Denver bridal industry before relocating to Florida for her doctoral studies.