Angela Lassig is a dress historian who has worked independently as a researcher, lecturer and author since 2010. Following post-graduate Museum Studies at Sydney University in 1983, she spent the next 25 years developing her expertise in dress, textiles and decorative arts in curatorial roles in museums in Sydney (Powerhouse Museum), Auckland (Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira) and Wellington (Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand). Angela has recently been appointed a Research Associate at Auckland Museum, where she is pursuing numerous projects relating to New Zealand dress history.