Fashion and Museums

Marie Riegels Melchior is Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Birgitta Svensson is Professor and holder of the Hallwyl chair in European Ethnology at Nordiska museet and Stockholm University, Sweden.

Introduction
Understanding Fashion and Dress Museology, Marie Riegels Melchior, Designmuseum Danmark, Denmark

Section I: The Power of Fashion. When Museums Enter New Territory
The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: An Evolving History, Harold Koda & Jesscica Glasscock, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Understanding Fashion through the Museum, José Teunissen, Arnhem Design School, The Netherlands.
Contemporary Fashion History in Museums, Marco Pecorari, Centre for Fashion Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Appraised, displayed and concealed: Fashion Photography on the Swedish Museum Stage, Anna Dahlgren, Department of Art History, University of Stockholm, Sweden

Section II: Fashion Controversies. When Bodies Become Public
Gender considerations in fashion history exhibitions, Julia Petrov, School of Creative and Critical Studies, Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada.
Class and Gender in a Museum Collection: Female Skiwear, Marianne Larsson, Nordiska museet, Sweden
Exhibiting the Body, Dress and Time in Museums: A Historical Perspective, Anne-Sophie Hjemdahl, University of Oslo, Norway

Section III: In Practice
From Museum of Costume to Fashion Museum: In the case of the Fashion Museum in Bath, Rosemary Harden, The Fashion Museum in Bath, United Kingdom
Collecting Practice: Designmuseum Danmark, Kirsten Toftegaard, Designmuseum Danmark, Denmark
Engaging the public in issues of Dress and Identity: A Case Study of Amagermuseet in Denmark, Ingeborg Phillipsen, Museum Amager, Denmark
Learning through Fashion: The Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine, Tone Rasch & Ingebjørg Eidhammer, The Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine, Norway
Autobiography as a proposed approach to a fashion exhibition, Jeffrey Horsley, London Collage of Fashion, United Kingdom
In Conclusion: Museums dressed in fashion, Birgitta Svensson, Nordiska museet, Sweden

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