Welcome to TRACtion
Keeping traditional costumes alive through education creates awareness and enhances creativity. It enables students to expand on the knowledge acquired and broaden their career opportunities within the creative industry. The project TRACtion intends to stimulate young people to become aware of and appreciate their garment heritage, as well as to recreate it according to their contemporary aesthetic preferences.
Latest News & Updates
University of Malta TRACtion Team – A two-day workshop on the sustainable design process inspired by traditional Irish Lace
9 May 2025
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Dr Lorraine Portelli, the Principal Investigator of TRACtion, from the University of Malta recently hosted Dr Kathryn McSweeney, a lecturer in Education from the Atlantic
University of Malta TRACtion Team – A Master Dissertation via the TRACtion Project
24 February 2025
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This master’s dissertation was developed Ms Elisa Ann Scerri, within the framework of the TRACtion project, which promotes innovative educational practices through digital tools and
University of Helsinki TRACtion Team – Traditional Karelian embroidery in contemporary fashion
16 December 2024
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The TRACTion team from the University of Helsinki experimented with traditional Karelian embroidery in contemporary fashion, specifically on jeans. The embroidery design was inspired by
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Photos used in the main website banner:
- 1st photo (Ghonella): Carmela Cassar by Edward Caruana Dingli. Book cover. Nicholas de Piro and Vicki Ann Cremona (eds), 1998, Costume in Malta: A History of Fabric, Form & Fashion, Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malta.
- 2nd photo (middle): Constance Markievicz, 1899 by Casimir Dunin Markievicz, National Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
- 3rd photo (last photo): M. Seifert, 1892-1893. Finnish Heritage Agency, Collection of Ethnology, Finland.
