Adornment and Identity This COSTUME and DESIGN (formerly ICDAD) joint session invites papers exploring adornment as an expression of personal, social, and cultural identity across diverse societies through textiles, jewelry, fashion or other mediums. How does bodily adornment not only beautify but also communicate belonging, status, beliefs, or heritage? How do practices of adornment define individual and collective identities? In what ways do these practices adapt or persist amid the shifting dynamics of globalization and cultural exchange? Preference will be given to papers that also relate to “intangible heritage,” “youth power,” or “new technologies”. How are traditional artistic techniques of adornment preserved as intangible heritage that connects communities to their past? How does the creativity and energy of younger generations reinterpret and reinvigorate historic traditions to reflect evolving identities? What innovative roles do emerging technologies play in documenting, preserving, and reimagining adornment to engage diverse audiences in museums today? ——————– Dubai World Trade Center 13th November 2025, 14h30-16h00 PAPER SESSION C-7 COSTUME X DESIGN ADORNMENT and IDENTITY ICOM COSTUME CHAIR CORINNE THEPAUT-CABASSET ICOM DESIGN CHAIR MELISSA RINNE Tiina Kul (ICOM Estonia) member of COSTUME, From Trade Fabric to Intangible Heritage: The Enduring Legacy of English Callimanco in Estonian Visual and Material Culture Chih-I Lai (ICOM Taiwan) member of DESIGN, Curating Woven Narratives: Okinawan Textiles, Resilience, and the Dynamic Preservation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage through Design Katarina Nina Simoncic (ICOM Croatia) member of COSTUME, On the Border Between Designed and Coded Suit: A Case Study of ‘’SOLL’’ Anika Ohlerich (ICOM Netherlands) member of ICAMT, Cameos and Identity: Personal Expression Across Time at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden (RMO) Tatjana Mikulic (ICOM Serbia) member of COSTUME, Body.exe: codes on digital skin Hsiang-Yin Chen (Taiwan), Weaving Memories: Adornment and Identity in Atayal Clothing