Presentation Unknown stories: Tracing the ”exotic” in the Theatre Museum collection by Joanna Weckman during the event
Following a series of successful events since 2014, Costume and Research in Finland is organized this year for the eighth time by the Costume in Focus (CiF) research group at Aalto University. CiF gathers doctoral and post-doctoral researchers working in the field of costume research with Professor Sofia Pantouvaki.
Costume in Focus promotes costume design as a scholarly research field, while also connecting the costume community members nationally and internationally. This year’s primary goal is to physically bring together the wider community of costume in Finland. In 2025, CiF also celebrates two ongoing research projects: The Embodied Experience of Costume (funded by Aalto) and Technological Innovations in Costume Practice: Enabling the adoption of new manufacturing technologies by live performance costume professionals (funded by Horizon Europe).