Costume design has only recently become the object of academic research.
Costume in Focus’ primary goal for 2014 was to make costume design a visible research area, introducing it to the wider research community as a dynamically developing academic field in Finland, by organizing a national-level seminar. The first national-level research seminar on Costume Design and related fields, held in November 2014, offered a forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas in the field, open for all researchers in Finland who examine costume or related areas of study. 11 researchers from Aalto University, Helsinki University, and University of Lapland, as well as independent researchers, presented their work.
