As a significant part of childhood material culture, children’s clothes and their design contribute to shaping their social identity, gender, age, as well as to developing their senses of and supporting their interactions with their environment. IN2FROCC gathers together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, ethnologists, museum
curators, childhood practitioners, designers, industry representatives, in a hub for the research and experimentation into children’s clothes across the globe, time and social ecosystems.
This international and interdisciplinary network seeks to engage in an innovative, inclusive and organic manner with current research on children’s dress codes, fashion and clothes. Original
in its approach, IN2FROCC opens up to practice-based research, in order to inform the mechanisms involved in design processes and children’s interactions with their material environment. Developed as part of this programme, and with a specific focus on child-led action
research, projects such as “Tell me”, explore more precisely the learning potential of clothes for children, enhancing the opportunities provided by this socialising tool to support educators creatively and raise the environmental and cultural awareness of future responsible citizens.