This illustrated talk explores the importance of posture and deportment to Western fashion. Hand in hand with textiles, garments, and their supporting understructures, movement has historically been as important as clothing in communicating how fashionable we are. The lecture will highlight some of the clothing, postures, and motions of fashionably dressed bodies during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, informing our own 21st-century dressed selves.
Presented by David E. (Ned) Lazaro, Curator of Textiles, Historic Deerfield
Image: Gown (detail), Europe, mid-18th century. Brocaded, satin-weave silk. Historic Deerfield, F.660. Photography by Penny Leveritt.
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If you plan to attend in person at the Museums, tickets are available on the day of the lecture in the Welcome Center.
Members: FREE
Springfield residents: FREE
Nonmembers: $4
To attend via ZOOM, please register in advance.
Free admission to the Museums a la Carte lectures for all museum members made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities through the #SHARP program.
