History of Textiles and Clothing I

Teachers in charge

Prof. Katarina Nina Simončič, Ph.D.

Study, Module

Textile and Fashion Design - undergraduate, Module Textile Design
Textile and Fashion Design - undergraduate, Module Fashion Design

Course summary

4 (2+0+2)

ECTS

4

Knowledge verification

oral exam

Lecture type

lectures, seminars

Learning outcomes:

The student is able to:
● distinguish the forms of dress of the individual historical styles and the change in silhouette from prehistory to the 18th century;
● recognize the essential characteristics and starting points of design from the style epochs to 18th century fashion;
● establish criteria for the critical reflection of their own work;
● explain similarities and differences in the stylistic characteristics of fashion from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century;
● distinguish the basic types of historical clothing;
● distinguish the basic textile ornaments of the individual style periods;

Subject content

An overview of the historical style characteristics of textiles and clothing, from prehistory to the French Revolution. Differentiation between fashion and anti-fashion, definition of fashion, costume, artefact, ready-to-wear and haute couture. Observing the changing rhythms of fashion and determining its basic driving forces as well as the stylistic characteristics of textile and clothing creations. Relate the phenomenon of clothing and fashion to simultaneous events in art and society.

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

1. Thompson Ford, Richard: Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, Simon & Schuster, 2022.
2. Boucher, Francois: 20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment, Harry N. Abrams, 1987.
3. Edwards, Lydia: How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 21st Century, Bloomsbury Visual Arts. 2021.
4. Laver, James: Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art) , Thames & Hudson, 2002.

Supplement literature

1. Enrica Morini: Storia della moda-XVIII-XX secolo, Skira. Milano, 2000.
2. Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, ed. Valerie Steele, Charles Scribners & Sons, 2004.