Join fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell on a six-week course exploring the dress and textiles of 18th-century England, France, and America, as found in artworks in The Huntington’s collections.

Across six sessions of this seminar, participants will consider:

• How did 18th-century artists use (and sometimes manipulate) real garments to create an idealized or allegorical image?

• How does dress express and reflect power, social status, gender, and identity?

• What is the difference between “fashion” and other kinds of dress?

Participants will make frequent trips into the galleries to study fashion and hairstyles in portraits, as well as rare tapestries, carpets, and needlework.

Fee:
Public: $300
Members: $275

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