Center for Research of Fashion and Clothing (CIMO) wants to be recognized as a relevant independent association thanks to its concrete projects which, in addition to cultural contribution, bring a shift from the traditional understanding of fashion as a system of power in the name of cultural extension to universal clothing of all stakeholders. the elderly, persons of social exclusion, non-fashion communities, etc.).
In addition to social sensitivity, CIMO center nurtures and supports individual creative efforts that stand in opposition to the phenomenon of banal fashion as a way of influencing the local and wider community.
CIMO center wants to be recognized as a messenger of research, problematization and consequent action to change the perception and practice of the fashion system in favor of developing a critical discourse in line with the latest cultural trends in the world.
The area of activity of Center for Research of Fashion and Clothing (CIMO) includes performing activities such as:
- interdisciplinary research of all aspects of clothing and fashion; projects of study research and scientific work in the field of fashion and clothing and visual culture on materials in the Republic of Croatia and abroad;
- finding, disposing of, arranging, processing, recording and storing intangible documents on clothing and fashion as significant forms of cultural status of time and space;
- collection and study of documents on clothing and fashion and the past and present relating to persons, groups, territory or institutions in Croatia and abroad: texts, photographs, films, video-audio recordings, magazines, books, conversations and recording of individual statements of individual and collective memories as representations of fashion and clothing;
- publishing information on documents, projects and research results (seminars, conferences, lectures, articles, books);
- organization of public action through exhibitions, live presentations, talks, seminars, symposia, workshops, fashion performances;
- publishing in the field of visual arts, design, fashion and clothing design, creative industries;
- connection and cooperation with related associations and institutions in the Republic of Croatia and abroad;
- implementation of projects and cooperation: own and collaborative in the Republic of Croatia and abroad.
