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Elements such as silhouettes, color palettes, and structural characteristics were analyzed in order to identify models for reinterpretation of classic fashion costume. Clothing from four historical periods was studied: Empire, Romanticism, the Victorian era, and Art Nouveau. An image processing algorithm was proposed, through which data on the shapes and colors of historical and contemporary clothing were obtained from digital color images. The most informative of the shape and color indices of contemporary and historical clothing were selected using the RReliefF, FSRNCA, and SFCPP methods. The feature vectors were reduced using the latent variable and t-SNE methods. The obtained data were used to group the clothing according to historical periods. Using Euclidean distances, the relationship between clothing by contemporary designers and the elements of the historical costume used by them was determined. These results were used to create an educational and methodological framework for practical training of students in the field of fashion design. 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