Research
This website, created by MA students of the Department of Art History, Musicology, and Theatre Studies at the University of Ghent, serves as a platform for sharing and showcasing their latest research & insights of Belgian fashion from 1830 until 1980.
The website aims to provide a comprehensive resource for fashion enthusiasts, researchers, and industry professionals, while also promoting the work and achievements of the students in the MA seminar. Through this website, visitors can stay up-to-date on our latest fashion research and gain insights into the creative processes behind nineteenth- and twentieth-century Belgian fashion design.
Catalogizaal van de Boekentoren, 1947-48, photo taken by Emile Sergysels, © Brussel KBR-AML
Our Focus
Belgian fashion magazines, cover photographs, gender roles and stereotypes, 20th century, Interwar period
Fashion magazine, cover photographs, 1930s fashion, Interwar period, Belgian lifestyle, gender
A map of the most prominent shopping streets of Ghent, throughout the 19th century
Advertisements in the Vliegende Bladen archive of Ghent University