Costume and Research in Finland is the main platform for presenting research on costume and related fields and for meeting local researchers interested in this area. These national-level research seminars bring together a multidisciplinary group of practitioners and researchers based in Finland. It offers peer-support for all doctoral candidates, early career researchers and academics conducting research in the field of costume or in related artistic fields involving dress and performance in a broader sense, as well as those working at the intersection of fashion and textiles with theatre, film and media. Costume in Focus‘ primary goal is to continue supporting and promoting costume research as a continuously emancipating scholarly research field, while also connecting the costume research community on a national and international level. The aim of the Costume and Research in Finland seminar is to offer a forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas in the field. The event is open to all researchers based in Finland who examine costume practice and theory, or related areas of study, with the goals of:
