Study Guide

Objective

You learn to:
- recognize historical development in the history of costumes, fashion and styles in different times/eras
- see costumes and clothing in specific times/eras as part of culture and society as a whole
- master the basic concepts of costume and fashion history
- utilise your knowledge of costume and fashion history by adopting ideas from history to your designs – both in clothing/fashion design as well as in costume design
- recognize stylistic means used in scenography and know the history of costume design and scenography in Finland

Content

How does your knowledge of clothing and fashion of a certain historic time/era help you understand the culture and society of that time?
How can you benefit from the vast pictorial material available when familiarising with a specific topic and processing new information?
How can you deepen your knowledge of a specific time/ era or phenomenon and how can you exploit it in your own design work?

Evaluation scale

1-5