- 1. Documentation
- (Working with clothes)
- ... the wearer got fatter, or because it was later used for fancy dress. Describe the position and type of each label. Transcribe it carefully. Add notes. Legislation on the labels required in modern ...
- 2. Nurses' Uniforms
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... identities. Whether military, official, religious or occupational, uniforms immediately identify the role of the wearer, conveying authority, virtue, expertise, obedience or responsibility. Uniforms can ...
- 3. Folk Culture and Costume at the Folk Museum in Barbados
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... are heightened by the voluptuous shape of the wearer. Alongside the Mother Sally, there is The Donkey Man. According to the authors of A-Z of Barbados, “this masquerader dances in a costume shaped like ...
- 4. Pattern-Taking
- (Working with clothes)
- ... provide you with information about the wearer, their size, shape and posture. The process of examining a garment so systematically, gives far more information than any cursory examination. Patterns ...
- 5. Dress and Personal Narrative
- (Working with clothes)
- ... How to document personal history of dress When obtaining a dress from a wearer or his/her direct descendants, we are faced with a unique opportunity to document the dress in an extensive ...
- 6. Guidelines
- (Working with clothes)
- ... all the information given. Details: Record all the information given, and evaluate it, and ask for the following: Name and address of donor, lender or seller - relationship to original wearer ...
- 7. Dangerous Costume
- (Working with clothes)
- ... if the wearer needed to escape capture or torture. Dangerous accessories caused a man to be condemned death Dangerous accessories Dangerous costume accessories caused the death of the Danish King’s ...
- 8. Costume Idioms
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches This means that it's hard to know how much someone else is suffering. Out of pocket If you are out of ...
- 9. Clothing and Collecting Policies
- (Working with clothes)
- ... but can also help your audience make connections with the garments. Of course, often when you collect a garment there’s no surviving associated material or a wearer to ask what the garment felt like but ...
- 10. Ponchos and Mantas
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... basic elements in their composition: The total area is the field Vertical columns revealed information about the identity of the wearer Different ways to finish the edges The two mantas in ...
- 11. Creative Labels for Displays of Clothing and Fashion
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... details of a wearer, can offer visitors an added dimension that helps to them understand and engage with the object. Label format –Being creative with the format of the label can help deliver ...
packing
sash
pattern
material
empress
20th century
floral ornaments
collar
Fabrics
Rayon
19th century
identifying lace
sprang
exhibition
Comparative items
bar code
risk
allergens
Costume idioms
exhibition space
Mette Bagge Kiær
Wool
purse
symbolism
museum
collecting policy
darning stitch
Canadian
Princess Margaret
archival materials
silk
chain-link mesh
Cendrillon
showcase
mask
WildWorks
Publications
popular culture
boxes
stem stitch
reused clothes
dress
crewel stitch
Guatemala
Charles V
damage
Thailand
Mantas
reconstruction
garment
Qing Dynasty
transportation
pattern-taking
Ethics
care
protection from evil
accessories
Useful
vacuum
textile fibers