southeast asia
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DOCUMENTING FASHION IN SINGAPORE (1950 - 1999)
Singapore Fashion Histories is an open-access resource documenting the written and oral histories of fashion in Singapore from 1950 to 1999 through the lens of our everyday broadsheets and national press.
Fashion & Market
Fashion & Market (FAM) is a multimedia platform that presents specialist content on Southeast Asian fashion, featuring its community’s interdisciplinary practices.
Mapping Philippine Material Culture
Mapping Philippine Material Culture is a visual inventory of Philippine objects dating to the mid-20th century which are in holdings of museums and private collections outside of the Philippines. The open access online inventory gathers photographic and textual information about these objects and aggregates the data in an easy-to- navigate, all-in-one sortable portal.
Oma Traditional Textile Design DatabaSe
This unique database was created with the Free Prior Informed Consent of the Oma of Nanam Village in Laos as an act of cultural preservation, and also represents an invitation for collaboration respecting the 3Cs’ Rule: Consent. Credit. Compensation. The information in this database is owned by the Oma ethnic group of Nanam Village in Laos.
The Dictionary of Filipino Dress
Created by Cornell University Professor Jaleesa Reed in collaboration with undergraduates Alyssandra Rae Ortanez (’23) and Julianna Gembs (’27), the Dictionary of Filipino Dress is a list of terms relevant to Filipino dress throughout history, with an emphasis on the Philippine terno.
