Shoes and Clothing In History 2024

SHOES AND CLOTHING IN HISTORY 2024 | 10th Internation Conference

Museum of the South East Moravia in Zlin, 14|15 BAŤA INSTITUTE, hall B

November 14-15, 2024

contact: Mgr. Michal Heinrich, curator of the shoe collection, 573 032 310, 773 583 680

Entries for visitors available till Oct. 31, 2024 only! Entry form HERE...

Topic Areas:

1. Distinctive Features of Shoe and/or Clothing Evolution in History and Various Geographic Areas; Fashion Trends and Design;
2. Presentation of Shoe, Clothing and Fashion Accessories Collections; Presentation and Description of Interesting Exhibits and Rarities, Exhibitions and Projects.
3. History of Artisan and Industrial Production; Manufacturing Process and Materials of Shoes and/or Clothing.
4. Work of Conservators and Restorers With a View to Items of Shoe and Clothing Collections; Reconstructions of Period Shoes and Clothing.

The event is scheduled for attendance in person as well as online. The conference language will be English. The lectures will be published in printed conference proceedings in English. For this year it is full and closed.

ONLINE access available through ZOOM under the names presented in entry forms:

1st day (Nov. 14, 2024): Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87058058887

2nd day (Nov. 15, 2024): Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83679069786

Outcome of the previous conferences is available on the website of the Museum of South East Moravia in Zlín: https://www.muzeum-zlin.cz/konference/shoes-in-history or seminarhistorie.wz.cz/. Information regarding the upcoming Conference will be presented at  www.muzeum-zlin.cz/shoes-in-history-2024

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PROGRAM: pdf version HERE...

Thursday, November 14, 2024, hall B, building No. 15, 14|15 BAŤA INSTITUTE

8:00 – 9:00      registration & refreshment

9:00 – 9:15      opening ceremony

9:15 – 10:15    lectures

Jiří Jákl – Footwear in pre-Islamic Java (before 1500 CE) and its modern reinterpretations

Agnieszka Gach – Foreign inspirations captured in traditional mid-20th century Japanese fashion

Zofia Kanclerz, Monika Stachurska – Issues of Conservation of 18th-century Footwear Made of Various Materials, Based on the Example of a Women's Slipper from the National Museum in Warsaw with Inventory No. SZT.756.MNW

10:15 – 10:30  coffee break

10:30 – 11:30  lectures

Rebecca Shawcross – Concealed Shoes Revealed: The Magic of Shoes

Juraj Matejík, Katarína Matejíková – NP Historical shoes

Amálie Magdaléna Mlčochová – From My Mommy's Heels to My Own Designs

11:30 – 12:30  lunch break

12:30 – 13:30  guided tour of the Shoe Design Studio and Garment Design Studio at the Tomas Baťa University, Zlin

13:30 – 15:15  lectures

Nibedita Saha, Radim Šojdr, Tomáš Sáha – Challenges of Footwear Industry in Europe

Charlotte Stachel, Rebekka Gerber, Lorenzo Cantoni – Swissness in a Heritage Fashion Brand – The Case of Bally

Sylvie Odstrčilová – From Woven Cloth Hose to Knitted Stockings              

15:15 – 15:30  coffee break

15:30 – 16:15  lectures

Lenka Pajer – Funeral and Mourning Clothing in 16th and 17th century in Hungarian Kingdom. Customs and Traditions

16:15 – 16:30  Stanislava Guryčová – Presentation of Project Z101 and the Bata Company in Africa

16:30 – 18:00  guided tour of the museum exhibition of shoe buckles and the Bata Principle exhibition

Friday, November 15, 2024, hall B, building No. 15, 14|15 BAŤA INSTITUTE

8:00 – 8:30      refreshment

9:00 – 10:15    lectures

Martina Hřibová – Spanish cloaks – The patterns of cloaks worn in Spain around 1580

Karolina Blusiewicz – Medieval Footwear from Gdańsk: Changes in Shoemaking in the Light of Archaeological Finds

Tuuli Jõesaar – Preliminary results from the research program from Kalamaja, Tallinn (Estonia)

10:15 – 10:30  Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00  lectures

Hana Lafková, Petr Duffek – Footwear from the Well of Červená Řečice Castle

Juraj Matejík, Katarína Matejíková – Excavation of Shoe Fragments in the Historical Centre of UNESCO Site Levoča

Ken Stuart – Embroidery on Leather Shoes Through 1400s

12:00 – 13.00  lunch break

13:00 – 16:30  guided tour of the tannery GARA LEDER, Otrokovice and depositories of the Museum of South East Moravia; bus transport

cca 17:00        return to Zlin; end of the event.

(program change reserved)

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* accomodation info (PDF)

* map HERE...