History of Textile and Clothing

Teachers in charge

Ph. D. Katarina Nina Simončič, Assoc. Prof.

Study, Module

Textile Technology and Engineering - undergraduate, Module Engineering Design and Management of TextilesTextile Technology and Engineering - undergraduate, Module Textile Chemistry, Materials and EcologyTextile Technology and Engineering - undergraduate, Module Clothing EngineeringTextile Technology and Engineering - undergraduate, Module Textile and Clothing Design for Industry

summary

2 (2+0+0)

ECTS

2

Knowledge verification

preliminary exam

Lecture type

lectures

Subject content

A historical overview of development and changes in textile and clothing since prehistory till this day. Distinction: clothing – fashion. Perceiving the rhythms of change and identifying their basic drivers, as well as stylistic markers for textile and clothing creations. Connecting the phenomenon of clothing and fashion with current social and artistic activities

Aim of course

Developing abilities for active perception of clothing, identifying its basic visual characteristics and recognizing the stylistic markers by which textile and clothing fit into the overall visual and social frame of a certain period. Recognizing the meaning of fashion and the dynamics of change in fashion as a powerful initiator of change in all fields of modern life. Setting criteria for critical evaluation of one’s own creations, as well as for evaluation of fashion events.

Literature necessary for course

James Laver: A. Concise History of Costume, Thames and Hudson, London, 1969. Zbornik:Moda (Cvita, Bartlett, Vladislavić), Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2002.

Supplement literature

Francois Boucher:Histoire du Costume, Flammarion. Paris, 1965. Ingrid Loschek: Mode und Costumlexicon, Reclam. Stuttgart, 1987. Ingrid Loschek: Mode in 20. Jahrhundert, Bruckmann, Munchen,1993. Enrica Morini: Storia della moda-XVIII-XX secolo, Skira. Milano, 2000.