Clothes Tell Stories

1. Royal Gala Video: (Displaying clothes); Queen Margrethe II of Denmark celebrated her 40th anniversary as queen in 2012. The Royal Danish Collections arranged a special exhibition of a selection of the Queen's gala gowns called "Royal Gala". ...
2. Terminology for Costume: (Working with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections One of the first major projects for the young Costume Committee was producing a useful Vocabulary of Basic Terms for cataloguing costume. This excellent ...
3. Theater Costume: (Telling stories with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Costume worn on stage and screen often has a very special character, perhaps because it is so carefully designed to be worn and worked in. Museums exhibiting ...
4. Reconstructions: (Displaying clothes); Making copies of museum garments Katia Johansen and Mette Vejgaard Petersen Royal Danish Collections What resources can a museum offer if you want to make a copy or reconstruction ...
5. Transporting Costume: (Displaying clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Working with costumes in museums means learning how to move them safely. Clothes in museums move a lot because they must be taken out of storage for ...
6. Storing Costume: (Working with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Costume in museums is rarely stored in space designed exactly for storage. Most storage areas are converted – repurposed, usually with great ...
7. Preventive Conservation: (Working with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Preventive Conservation: definition: The National Gallery of Australia describes preventive conservation as follows: It aims to minimise deterioration ...
8. Marking and Labeling Costume: (Working with clothes); ... case. However, these codes need either a special scanner or a smart phone with built-in camera and app. Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Museum objects always receive an ...
9. Coat for a Wounded Prince: (Telling stories with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Many Danish kings’ garments are preserved in the Royal Danish Collections at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. They are mainly from special, ceremonial ...
10. Planning a Costume Exhibition - a checklist: (Displaying clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Checklist for planning: Define the exhibition Begin by defining the exhibition’s type, content, duration, budget, financing, who is in charge, the exhibition’s ...
11. Mannequins for Costume Display: (Displaying clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Costume is usually best displayed on mannequins with the correct size, shape and posture, recreating as far as possible how the garment looked when ...
12. Handling Clothes: (Working with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Introduction Checklist A mental walk through Assess the piece’s date, construction, materials and state of preservation Necessary materials ...
13. Guidelines: (Working with clothes); produced by the ICOM Costume Committee annotated by Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Background In the early 1980's it became obvious that a general change in museums' policy and ...
14. Dangerous Costume: (Working with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Costume in museum collections can be dangerous because of what it is, how it was made, where it has been, or how it has been treated. It is important ...
15. Costume Idioms: (Telling stories with clothes); Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Costume expressions are a colorful part of how we talk! An idiom is a combination of words that has a figurativemeaning, due to its common ...
16. Digital Costume Display - The Kings’ Costumes: (Displaying clothes); www.kongedragter.dk Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Costume is popular in museum exhibitions, but it requires a lot of preparation, careful handling, well-appointed space ...