New Approaches to Decolonizing Fashion History and Period Styles

New Approaches to Decolonizing Fashion History and Period Styles: Re-Fashioning Pedagogies offers a wide array of inclusive, global, practical approaches for teaching costume and fashion history.

Ashley Bellet is a professional costume designer and crafts artisan. She is an assistant professor of costume design at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and secretary for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).

Introduction: New Perspectives and Taking Chances 1. Re-Fashioning Time: An Object-Based Approach to The History of Style 2. Research Methods for Fashion History and Technology 3. Conscious Fashion History 4. Fashion Forward: A History of Dress in Global Context 5. Global Dress History for Undergraduate General Education 6. Historic Costume and Decor Utilizing People- and Place-Based Curriculum 7. An Abridged Clothing History in Four Construction Techniques 8. Examining and Creating Connections in Costume History Through Cultural Intersections and Alternative Assessment Models 9. Expanding and Deconstructing the Western Fashion History Ideology 10. Fashion and Costume: Global Adornment and Attire 11. The March of History Gives Way to Flowers in a Field 12. Activities for the Classroom Project A: Worn History: Personal History Through Clothes Project B: Final Assignment: World Building Project C: Historic Tools and Techniques: An Exercise in Material Culture Observation