My name is Sophie-Maris Hoelge and my passion lies in historical costume and fashion history. I spend most of my time looking through historical resources, like fashion plates, antique photographs, old books, museums archives and historical pattern collections. While studying those, I like to immerse myself into the past, exploring the correlation of life and fashion in a historical context. In my effort to innovate the future through using knowledge from the past, I am planning on studying Fashion and Textile History. I believe that research into the past of the fashion is vital to solve the problems the fashion industry faces today. We can learn a lot from the past, especially regarding sustainability and the industry´s impact on global warming. My driving force is the knowledge that there is so much to explore in the past that might never face the light of day again if we don´t bring it back to the surface.