Fashion in Museums

or what we wore and where to find it

Taught by: Mgr. Lenka Vargová, PhD.

Form of teaching: lecture / seminar

ECST: 3

Aim of the course:

Students will learn about the history, methodology and methods of handling garments in museum collections. They will acquire basic knowledge of the criteria for selection, storage, care and display of garments in museums.

Brief outline:

ICOM - Committee for Collections of Historical Clothing
Collection of clothing (history, selection criteria)
Cataloguing of clothing (identification, description)
Storage and care of clothing in depositories
Display (history, methods, conditions)
A brief history of clothing

Course requirements:

During the semester: active participation in classes, preparation of intermediate assignments related to the topic of the course, max 2 absences
Final presentation of a larger seminar paper on a selected topic

Recommended literature:

HASALOVÁ, Eva. Móda na Slovensku. Bratislava : Slovart, 2014. ISBN 978-80-556-1141-9.
KÖNIG, Gudrun M. – MENTGES, Gabriele. Musealisierte Mode: Positionen, Thesen, Perspektiven. Münster : Waxmann Verlag, 2020. s. 21-32. ISBN 978-3-8309-4028-9.
MIDA, Ingrid – KIM, Alexandra. The Dress Detective: A Practical Guide to Object-Based Research in Fashion. London : Bloomsbury, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4725-7398-8.
PETROV, Julia. Fashion, History, Museums: Inventing the display of dress. London : Bloomsbury, 2019. ISBN 978-1-350-04899-7.