Motion and embodiment: 3D simulations for historic fashion

Fashion is an expressive cultural form, involving silhouette, color and texture, enlivening the material culture discourse by its relationship to society, history, economics, and technology. Museums and educational institutions began amassing collections of dress in the wake of the many world expositions, designed to culturally enlighten the masses, of the mid 1800´s. This paper describes a best practices project which aims to enhance the museum exhibition experience of dress in new and interactive ways. In particular, through 3D simulations of the fashions and model body types of the 1930´s.