2025 First International Conference on Clothing Heritage and Digital Fashion

Against the backdrop of global cultural reconstruction and the transformation of design disciplines, clothing, as a significant carrier of identity construction, cultural expression, and technological integration, is increasingly becoming a focal point of interdisciplinary research. The "2025 First International Conference on Clothing Heritage and Digital Fashion" aims to build a high-level international academic exchange platform, focusing on clothing history and theory, ethnic clothing and cultural interfusion, fashion design and innovation, as well as digital intelligence fashion and technology. It strives to bridge the gap between academic research and design practice, promoting the systematic and international development of clothing studies. This conference is jointly organized by Asia Design Week, the School of Digital Technology and Creative Design, Jiangnan University, the School of Art, Soochow University, the Sponge Creative Research Institute, and over ten other universities and institutions. Experts and scholars from fields such as design studies, art studies, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and textile science are cordially invited to explore new paradigms in clothing theory, new paths in fashion innovation, and new expressions of cultural tradition.

Culture in Apparel · Vision in Design

This conference, themed "Clothing as Culture, Shape of the Future," is grounded in the deep logic of clothing possessing dual attributes as both a cultural symbol and a contemporary expression. It endeavors to explore the multiple cultural dimensions of "clothing" within the realms of social identity construction, historical memory bearing, mediums of body writing, and the field of aesthetic practice. Clothing is not merely material apparel but also serves as a signifier within the cultural system, generating a complex and rich network of meaning among human experience, social structure, and aesthetic connotation.

The conference will approach the subject from diverse perspectives including clothing history, ethnic integration, fashion innovation, and digital technology, aiming to re-clarify the tensions between tradition and future, locality and globalization. It seeks to promote the reconstruction, translation, and revitalization of clothing culture in the contemporary context. Against the backdrop of the intertwined dynamics of global cultural flow and local cultural revival, clothing acts as a cultural node connecting individual experience with grand narratives. Its study urgently needs to transcend the examination of material forms and move towards interdisciplinary exploration with greater theoretical depth and practical concern. This conference emphasizes the two-way coupling between theory and practice, aiming to build a knowledge community and action network for clothing culture research through systematic and structured academic dialogue.

It is hoped that in responding to the propositions of our times, this effort will promote the transformation of traditional clothing culture research from traditional resources to contemporary expression, establish a discourse system with subjective agency and cultural recognition within the context of contemporary global fashion, and construct a new era's cultural consciousness, aesthetic practice, and academic support.

1. Organizers

Asia Design Week

School of Digital Technology & Innovation Design, Jiangnan University

School of Art, Soochow University

SPONGE LAB 

2.Co-Organizers

北京联合大学艺术学院

College of Art, Beijing Union University 

广东科技学院艺术设计学院

School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Science and Technology

广东培正学院艺术学院

School of Art, Guangdong Peizheng College

哈尔滨学院艺术与设计学院

School of Art and Design, Harbin University

湖南工程学院纺织服装学院

College of Textile and Fashion, Hunan Institute of Engineering

河南工程学院服装学院

School of Fashion, Henan University of Engineering

嘉兴南湖学院时尚设计学院

School of Fashion and Design, Jiaxing Nanhu University

南京特殊教育师范学院美术与设计学院

Fine Arts and Design Department, Nanjing Normal University of Special Education

齐鲁工业大学艺术设计学院

School of Art and Design, Qilu University of Technology

四川师范大学服装与设计艺术学院

College of Fashion and Design Art, Sichuan Normal University

山东科技职业学院

Shandong Vocational College of Science and Technology

浙江理工大学服装学院

School of Fashion Design & Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

郑州经贸学院艺术设计学院

College of Art and Design, Zhengzhou University of Economics and Business

河南财经政法大学美术与设计学院

College of Art and Design, Henan University of Economics and Law

3.Executing Organizers

《时尚学理论》编辑部

Editorial Office of Fashion Theory Studies

教育部中华优秀传统文化传承基地（江南大学）

China's Excellent Traditional Culture inheritance Base of the Ministry of Education, jiangnan University

江苏省非物质文化遗产研究基地（江南大学）

Jiangsu Research Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage, Jiangnan University

4.Supporting Partners

纺织与服装设计国家级实验教学示范中心（苏州大学）

National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Textile and Fashion Design, Soochow University

艺术设计省级实验教学示范中心（苏州大学）

Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Art and Design, Soochow University

浙江省数智风格与创意设计研究中心（浙江理工大学）

Zhejiang Digital Intelligence Style and Creative Design Research Centre, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University 

5. Public Welfare Supporting Organization

北京光华设计发展基金会

Dragon Design Foundation

6. Academic Supporting Institution

《服装学报》

Journal of Clothing Research

《Design and Art Studies》

7.Media Partners

华服志平台

HUAFUZHI

8.Media Institution

澳大利亚莫纳什大学

Monash University

北京城市学院

Beijing City University

北京服装学院

Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

北京理工大学

Beijing Institute of Technology

北京师范大学

Beijing Normal University

大连艺术学院

Dalian Art College

东华大学

Donghua University

广东培正学院

Guangdong Peizheng College

广东职业技术学院

Guangdong Polytechnic

广西师范大学

Guangxi Normal University

广州市纺织服装职业学校

Guangzhou Textile & Garment Vocational School

广州城建职业学院

Guangzhou City Construction College

广州美术学院

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

广州南方学院

Guangzhou Nanfang College

广州新华学院

Guangzhou Xinhua University

海南大学

Hainan University

河南财经政法大学

Henan University of Economics and Law

合肥师范学院

Hefei Normal University

香港理工大学

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

韩国釜山大学

Pusan National University

韩国弘益大学

Hongik University

韩国中央大学

Chung-Ang University

江南大学

Jiangnan University

兰州文理学院

Lanzhou University of Arts and Science

洛阳师范学院

Luoyang Normal University

澳门城市大学

City University of Macau

马来西亚玛拉工艺大学

Universiti Teknologi MARA

马来西亚马来亚大学

University of Malaya

马来西亚思特雅大学

UCSI University

内蒙古艺术学院

Inner Mongolia Arts UniversityXinjiang Arts University

南通大学

Nantong University

清华大学

Tsinghua University

厦门大学嘉庚学院

Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College

厦门理工学院

Xiamen University of Technology

山西大学

Shanxi University

上海工程技术大学

Shanghai University of Engineering Science

上海杉达学院

Shanghai Sanda University

四川大学

Sichuan University

四川师范大学

Sichuan Normal University

四川文理学院

Sichuan University of Arts and Science

苏州大学

Soochow University

苏州工学院

Suzhou University of Technology

泰国艺术大学

Silpakorn University

武汉纺织大学

Wuhan Textile University

西安工程大学

Xi’an Polytechnic University

西安美术学院

Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts

新疆艺术学院

Xinjiang Arts University

新加坡科技与设计大学

Singapore University of Technology and Design

新西兰梅西大学

Massey University

西北民族大学

Northwest Minzu University

西南民族大学

Southwest Minzu University

中央民族大学

Minzu University of China

中国美术学院

China Academy of Art

郑州轻工业大学

Zhengzhou University of Light Industry

郑州市非遗保护和文旅文创融合发展中心

Zhengzhou Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Cultural & Creative Tourism Integration

浙江理工大学

Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

9. Organisational Structure

大会主席：牛犁

大会召集人：张蓓蓓

学术统筹：牛犁

Logistics Coordinator: Lin Pengfei

会务联系：18896580298

Contact: +86 18896580298

We sincerely encourage all scholars to engage in the discussions and exchanges at this conference.