lundi 23 juin 2008

Costume Colloquium: A tribute to Janet Arnold

à Florence (Italie) du 6 au 9 novembre 2008

Huit sessions scientifiques et 33 communications, en hommage à Janet Arnold, historienne du costume anglaise, décédée il y a dix ans.

SESSION I - Janet Arnold, dress historian, artist, fashion designer and teacher: background on her life and work
SESSION II - The study and research of costume and dress today: what is the status quo?
SESSION III - The study of burial clothes: historic research and conservation
SESSION IV - Interpretations of historic dress: various applications of Janet Arnold’s studies and patterns
SESSION V – Studying cut and construction: the influence of the past on contemporary fashion
SESSION VI - Documenting dress using visual and archival source: dress as a document and documents of dress
SESSION VII – Florence, historic Italian fashion centre: future prospects
SESSION VIII - Theoretical and practical perspectives: methods of research and conservation
COLLOQUIUM - Creating historical costume for theatre, film, and TV: conversations with present-day costume designers