I get way too many email lists telling me cool stuff to go to. Time and Money are the main prohibitors. This caught my eye and it was affordable:
Constructing Classicism in Fashion
Tuesday, December 7 @ 6:30 pm
Patricia Mears
Deputy Director, The Museum at FIT
Between the world wars, women such as Madeleine Vionnet dominated fashion design in Paris and New York. Charting the embrace of classicism, Patricia Mears, a renowned costume historian and style expert, discusses clothing innovations that defined fashion in the 1930s, changed the course of modern dress, and continue to influence couture today.
The lady who gave this lecture was impressive and intimidating and I loved every minute of watching her. She pronounced words like "Couturier" and "attellier" beautifully. She was so smart and excited about her subject matter. It was exciting when she told us revelations about people cutting fabric on the straight-of-grain, rather than the bias. Oh, my!
It was a lesson in history, fashion history, women's career roles during war times, and essentially couture clothing construction and draping. She gave it on a Power Point and it was funny because my life has had so little Power Point in it- Ever. Just one summer-school class was taught on PP. She put up slides of patterns to dazzle us. I was dazzled and excited.
I wanted to see her after the lecture so I could tell her how much I liked this. The whole evening was so neat. Not only did we get her cool lecture, but we got to tour the rotunda - the swirled part of the Guggenheim - and there was wine & snacks. My ticket was $12!
A very lovely, affordable, educational time. And everyone in attendance looked great!
It was a wonderful crowd of fancy ladies & fashion students. Fantastic company.
I was nervous because I know I'm the only person who had on a Keroppi watch from a Happy Meal.
There were students there talking about strange suite-mates' behavior. That made me feel like I was back in school.
Oh! So I did get a chance to tell the lecturer I loved it and she looked me up and down and commented on my BICYCLE HELMET BASKET! It was cute.
I thought it was also neat that I could see the Empire State Building from up here at 89th Street.
My camera didn't really capture it - I could point it out - but I swear it was (freezing) crystal clear out tonight.
It was SO NICE being there after-hours with a small group. I've never been there in these wonderfully desolate circumstances. This is the way to go. I feel like I figured out an amazing strategy. I think I just really, really, really like museum events.
