- 1. An ‘ethnic’ souvenir for a WWI nurse
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... Army Medical Corps in Greece, during World War I. In this essay we shall trace the story of these clothes, and suggest the different points of perspective in which they may be interpreted and presented. ...
- 2. Disclaimer
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- ... use of this website. Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Clothes Tell Stories. We have no control over the nature, content and availability ...
- 3. Stories
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- Clothes Tell Stories is an on-line Costume Workbook, a web-based resource for museums, students and the general public about how to use costume to tell stories. Costume is extremely evocative and always ...
- 4. Embroidery Stitches
- (Working with clothes)
- Identifying Stitches Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member Anne Wanner-JeanRichard ICOM Costume Committee member Clothes are held together ...
- 5. Theater Costume
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... dress worn in operas, ballet, circus and the theater have an opportunity to recreate how and where it was worn, adding an extra dimension to this unique type of working clothes. Here is a series of exhibition ...
- 6. Clothes Tell Wonderful Wishes
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... and avoiding disasters. It was a Chinese traditional custom to quilt clothes with small pieces of different fabrics, especially for children’s clothes in Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). In the ...
- 7. Pattern-Taking
- (Working with clothes)
- ... Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1994) Janet Arnold, Patterns of Fashion, The cut and construction of clothes for men and women c 1590 – 1620 (London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 1985) Janet Arnold, Patterns ...
- 8. Dress and Personal Narrative
- (Working with clothes)
- Maria Wrońska-Friend James Cook University, Cairns, Australia Clothes are an excellent medium to tell human stories and engage with museum visitors. They can reveal a multitude of information ...
- 9. International Committee for Museums and Collections of Costume
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- ... At annual meetings papers are given and discussions take place around an established theme. The “Clothes Tell Stories” website is intended as a help and inspiration for anyone with an interest ...
- 10. Clothes Tell Stories
- (Uncategorised)
- Clothes Tell Stories is an on-line Costume Workbook, a web-based resource for museums, students and the general public about how to use costume to tell stories. Costume is extremely evocative and always ...
- 11. Reconstructions
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... of a garment? Copies of historic clothes are popular for those working in films, theater, re-enactment groups, cosplay and others. If you are inspired to make a copy or reconstruction from a museum garment, ...
- 12. Transporting Costume
- (Displaying clothes)
- Katia Johansen Royal Danish Collections Working with costumes in museums means learning how to move them safely. Clothes in museums move a lot because they must be taken out of storage for ...
- 13. Coat for a Wounded Prince
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... a remarkable parallel to clothing worn by King Christian 4th in 1644, when he was badly injured in battle at sea against archenemy Sweden. The blood-stained clothes that he wore were preserved (and are ...
- 14. Mannequins for Costume Display
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... if there is not adequate space or glass cases of the right size. Some costume can be displayed flat or hanging (although the clothesline and wardrobe-hanger ideas tend to be overused. Two-dimensional figures ...
- 15. Handling Clothes
- (Working with clothes)
- ... involved are fluid and soft, and are meant to be supported on a figure. As museum objects must be treated differently from our clothes at home, this requires training and considerable self discipline, ...
- 16. Guidelines
- (Working with clothes)
- ... partly bleached calico. No smoking, eating or drinking in any room containing objects. No flower vases near working areas. Handling (see Handling clothes) Costume requires trained personnel ...
- 17. Costume Idioms
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... Dressed to the nines If you are in your very best clothes, you're dressed to the nines. Dyed-in-the-wool If someone is a dyed-in-the-wool supporter of ...
- 18. Digital Costume Display - The Kings’ Costumes
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... detailed descriptions and not least of all, games, this historic costume is brought as close to visitors as their own clothes. This ambitious project consists of many integrated layers, each targeting ...
- 19. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... into her clothes and her circumstances cannot help but reveal hitherto unknown aspects of life at the Danish court in the eighteenth century. ...
- 20. Take a Closer Look at Costume
- (Working with clothes)
- Documentation – makes clothes talk* Pernilla Rasmussen Dr ph Textile Studies University of Lund, ICOM Costume Committee member Britta Hammar retired Senior Curator Kulturen Lund, ICOM Costume ...
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identifying lace
Nutcracker
Laos
Barbados
lead
Angel
chain stitch
museum
embroidery
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materials
Gallen
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Hemp
chemicals
sash
Pattern-taking
wool
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Qing Dynasty
theatre
cross stitch
Goretex
media
Felting
blanket stitch
Twitter
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refugees
Prince Frederik
19th century
sleeve
shoes
Charles V
bar code
seamstress
Shaggy Bear
chemical lace
Theater costume
selection criteria
donor
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preventive conservation
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festivals
display
reused clothes
folk culture
collecting costume
buttonhole stitch
bobbin lace
Kensington Palace
collecting policy
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dress
knitted garments
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