Centre for Omani Dress

Mission Statement

The Centre for Omani Dress is firmly committed to the study of the Sultanate of Oman’s national dress identity and in sharing it with the world by way of research, exhibitions, seminars, workshops, publications and other educational schemes.

The Center for Omani Dress (COD) began as the Oman Dress Project (ODP.)  No sooner than the ODP began, the need for greater attention to the preservation of Oman’s dress identity became crystal clear.  Thus, the COD was born and under it’s umbrella is the ODP and many other vital projects.

The ODP actively began collecting garments, initially for the Textile Research Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, in 2004, and not long thereafter a collection which remains in Oman began.

The COD is completely dependent upon volunteers and donations as this is a non-profit research effort.

The Director for the COD is Julia AlZadjali.  Julia has lived in Oman since 1992 and is the founder of the ODP and COD, alike.  It is through her vision and direction that the COD has flourished and grown. And it is through the support of the numerous volunteers that the research continues in a forward motion.

Media References

Times of Oman, an English daily newspaper from Oman

AlShabiba, an Arabic daily newspaper from Oman

Friday magazine, an English weekly from UAE

Thursday magazine, an English weekly from Oman

The Week, an English weekly from Oman

AlMara magazine, a bilingual monthly from Oman