An exhibition on the diverse roles and functions of accessories is currently on display in the collection showcase. They are not just decorative accessories: accessories can have political or medical functions, for example. The exhibition is the result of a seminar that took place in the summer semester 2025 at the Institute of Material Culture with objects from the Everyday Textile Culture Collection. We invite you to visit the exhibition and perhaps gain completely new perspectives on accessories as our daily companions, big and small!

In the summer semester 2024, students worked with Dr Klara von Lindern in a seminar to produce their own fashion magazine using items from the STAK. The magazine is entitled Materia: Magazine of the Textile Everyday Culture Collection. Based on the objects in the collection and their biographies, the students wrote very different articles on the key themes of 'Clothing and Gendering' and 'Slow Fashion and Repair Practices'. We invite you to get to know the STAK and its objects from new perspectives - in the spirit of the magazine's subtitle: 'More than just fabric!