CONGRESS: RE-SOURCE, FASHION HERITAGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

How do we deal with drastically changing fashion research today

20 jun 2014

Congress about fashion heritage in the digital age.

Vergroot

Spijkers_en_Spijkers_Spring_Summer_13_330 - Spijkers en Spijkers Spring/Summer 2013, Photo: Marc de Groot

The (digital) availability of vast quantities of fashion heritage (dress collections, archives of designers, textile archives) is drastically changing fashion research today. What counts are not only qualitative but also qualitative elements,
as well as relatively unknown archival items such as patterns, invitations, look books and digital conversions. What does this mean for designers as makers and intellectual owners of their creations? What kinds of new possibilities does the new scenario present? And what new tools are available to people doing classic fashion research?