Curriculum Vitae

Published extensively in the field of costume and fashion history, including monographs about the history of male and female trousers and dress and morality during the Medieval Ages: Die Verpackung des männlichen Geschlechts. Eine illustrierte Kulturgeschichte der Hose (Marburg 1991), Hosen weiblich. Kulturgeschichte der Frauenhose (Marburg 1994) and Teufelshörner und Lustäpfel. Modekritik in Wort und Bild 1150 – 1620 (Marburg 2002). Ridikül! Mode in der Karikatur,1600 bis 1900 (ed. A. Rasche and G. Wolter, Berlin/ Köln 2003) contains 7 essays and an extensive catalogue part including colour illustrations and descriptive texts of all caricatures, which have been shown at an exhibition, curated by Adelheid Rasche and Gundula Wolter, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, 2003/04 (sorry, all books available in German only).
Research focus: European history of clothing and fashion, culture of fashion, history of male and female trousers, dress and gender, language of clothes, dress codes, criticism of fashion, fashion in caricature, Berlin Fashion.