Cross-pollination and shifting research and practice trajectories: Expanding the field in costume research

Abstract

The connecting threads between the texts in issue 3.1 of Studies in Costume and Performance are not found solely through their content. They may be marked more productively by noting where their authors might situate themselves as researchers and practitioners in relation to costume. In this process, individual research and practice trajectories become evidenced, as also do points of connections and exchange between practice and research. From such an overview, an expanded view of costume emerges, which confirms its interdis-ciplinary and porous nature, one that presents with opportunities for further exchanges and research. Writing for this edition of Studies in Costume and Performance , scholars and researchers from a range of adjacent and overlapping disciplines enrich the field from their specific standpoints with insightful