«The ArtWalk of History» is the oldest catwalk in history. It is the first digital fashion show where «models» from the 15th–19th century conquer the stage and try to fascinate with an extraordinary wide range of historical garments, costumes and accessories.

Starting point for this idea was the art collection (digitised and curated by the UCLAB) of the Berlin Publishers Frieda and Franz von Lippernheide, who gathered over time around 1600 paintings, sculptures and garments—all in the attention of fashion.

While working on different concepts, the digital catwalk seemed like the perfect environment to offer an accessible and engaging platform to experience the historical fashion. It wasn’t just a familiar platform to fashion fans, it was also an promising instrument to convey this collection.

Thanks to the UCLAB Potsdamthe collection came with an extensive set of detailed ontologies, vocabularies and thesauri—which allowed us to creatively work with.

The restructuring of the details allowed us now to play with the presentation of the collection. It gave us more control and was the core instrument of the digital catwalk.
Now you were able to «dress up» your models by choosing your garments you were most interested into it. As soon as the selection was set, the Catwalk was ready to shine.