Unit 1: Methods of Cataloguing – Conclusion

Taxonomising Fashion: Christian Dior Spring Summer 2001

For the Unit 1 brief of Cataloguing, my project “Taxonomising Fashion: Christian Dior Spring Summer 2001” seeks to categorise “specimens” of clothing from the Christian Dior Spring Summer 2001 collection through an objective and systematic method. A taxonomy was created to group together specimens by shared characteristics, creating a system that allows consumers to easily differentiate and sort through clothing. This project seeks to bridge together science and the arts, drawing parallels between the cataloguing methods of evolutionary biologists and taxonimists with fashion archivists.

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