- 1. An ‘ethnic’ souvenir for a WWI nurse
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- ... social and economic conditions etc. inevitably affected dress habits, too. Fig. 6 Engraving showing types of traditional Greek costumes By the 1910s, traditional costumes ...
- 2. Nurses' Uniforms
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- ... personal collections, which are often biased towards the finest clothing, since that is what is more frequently saved and donated. But if your collection’s purpose is to document social, cultural or community ...
- 3. Russian Underwear
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- ... fashion industry? A bit of all these, but also the last unconscious barrier between personality and society, individual and social surrounding. Underwear is the first layer protecting the body from cold, ...
- 4. Miser’s Purses
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- ... the period reveal, these purses and their unique social and symbolic roles were entrenched in contemporary culture. What makes a purse a miser’s purse? Gifts for giving, items for sale Symbolism ...
- 5. Reconstructing the Dress of Queen Mary of Hungary
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- ... played a key role during the 16th century? This was the challenge facing the Royal Museum of Mariemont (1994) who worked in cooperation with the House of Arts and Social Patrimonium, an organisation which ...
- 6. Dress and Personal Narrative
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- ... about personal attitudes, feelings and emotions, aperson’s identity, customs, beliefs, social standards and ethical values of the day. Due to this personal element inherent in the clothes, museum visitors ...
- 7. Handling Clothes
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- ... as well as a special knowledge of how to handle both historical and new costume. To work with costume, one should be familiar with social and fashion history, textile techniques, anatomy, textile conservation ...
- 8. Take a Closer Look at Costume
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- ... of the material they are made of as examples of e.g. weaving, print, lace and embroidery rather than as a costume. The material tells us about fashion, textile technology, economics, social conventions ...
- 9. Clothing and Collecting Policies
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- ... Further sources of information Forming a collecting policy You may have a discrete collection of clothing or acquire items of clothing as part of a larger, broader collection like social ...
- 10. Ponchos and Mantas
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- ... of cultural, national and social identities. Through their materials, production and decorative techniques surviving examples in the collection of Museo Histórico Nacional, Santiago, illuminate this rich, ...
- 11. 1970s Exhibition, Munich
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- ... organising a fairly complete collection but also to record the full documentation and place the garments in their social and political context. When collecting historical dress we just get the special ...
- 12. 1962 Dress Memories
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- ... A brief look at the year of 1962 In 1962 the world was on the cusp of a new era, politically, socially and technologically. A photograph of the designer Irene Galitzine wearing one of her ...
- 13. Social and Digital Media
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- Spreading the word through social media Alexandra Kim ICOM Costume Committee board member Facebook, Twitter, blogs and other social media are great ways of opening up the stories ...
personal attitudes
military uniforms
silk
embroidery
Le Lac des cygnes
photographs
knickers
allergens
stripes
bar code
blanket stitch
lead
sash
Prince Frederik's coat
leavers
clothes
Goretex
cotton print dress
dwarf
undergarments
shuttle
Barbados
Soviet Epoch
holes
policy
storage
space
Lace
Heavily altered items
collecting policy
Olympic Games
museum
Felting
interview
burn test
nursing schools
knit
Rosenborg Castle
mannequins
kings' garments
Mother Sally
heavy metals
Nutcracker
accessioning
mannequin
stitches
Princess Margaret
crucifix
Bibliography
exhibition
Munich
care
femininity
moving
Stories
knitted garments
disaster planning
20th century
pants
story