Workshop 2: Fashion History for Photograph Identification

Workshop 2: Using Fashion History as a Tool in Photograph Identification

Tuesday, March 28, 9 am to 3 pm (5 hours, with 1 hour lunch break)

Registration Fee: $15

Maximum Attendees: 30

Instructor: Alexis Howard, Costume Production Coordinator and Adjunct Professor, Northwest Florida State College, and MFA, Costume Design and Dramaturgy, Trinity College Dublin

Fashion history expert and Costuming Professor Alexis Howard presents an overview of fashion history from the 1840s-1980s with a focus on mainstream visual trends to aid in more closely pinpointing date ranges in photography identification. Attendees are encouraged to bring scans of their hard-to-date photographs as examples for class discussion.