Costume Colloquium III: Past Dress – Future Fashion
Florence, November 8-11, 2011
I. The remaking or recreating dress from the past: yesterday and today
II. Patterns from the past and the fashions of today: which aspects of a certain historic past?
III. The past relived through dress:
– in institutional collections (public and private)
– in a social context (pageantry, parades and historical reenactment)
– in didactic experiences (fashion and design course and schools)
IV. The vintage phenomenon and recycling of styles
V. Conservation, restoration and the presentation of collections: new tendencies and innovative methods
VI. Fashion documents and archives
VII. Dress collecting: goals and accessibility
VIII. Information regarding costumes and dress accessories
The “Call for Papers” for the third edition