Knowledge of Traditional Techniques in the University Education of Fashion Design

The importance of acquiring knowledge of traditional techniques, which validate the knowledge of the cultural construction of the identity of a people/society, require synergies between artisans and academia, in order to validate the skills of students, who choose the area of Fashion Design as a future profession. The richness, in Portugal, of traditional techniques resides throughout its territory, however, the gap of interconnection between them and future fashion designers is a concern that is growing on the part of the academy, with institutions that teach fashion design. Thus, it is central that students have the opportunity to learn from people who have the knowledge, which should be a consistent tool on the part of those who structure the syllabus of current courses and others that may arise in the near future. One of the main objectives of this research is to think of strategies to develop activities that enable the acquisition of this ancestral knowledge. Also, to demonstrate the importance of this knowledge for the professional profile that Higher Education Institutions intend to train, in order to recognise that this knowledge is an important element to add value and differentiate these future professionals in a global market.