Text full multimedia monochrome

First time here?

Find out more about how The Lecture List works.

Coronavirus situation update

Our lecture organisers may or may not have had time to update their events with cancellation notices. Clearly social gatherings are to be avoided and that includes lectures. STAY AT HOME FOLKS, PLEASE.

Help!

Find out what you can do to keep The Lecture List online

Ballgowns: Clients and Designers

Join Sonnet Stanfill and Oriole Cullen, curators of the V&A exhibition 'Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950' to learn about both the designer creations featured in this exhibition and the clients who wore then.


Join Sonnet Stanfill and Oriole Cullen, curators of the V&A exhibition 'Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950' to learn about both the designer creations featured in this exhibition and the clients who wore then.

Since the mid-20th century, the occasions for wearing formal attire have evolved from the exclusivity of the private ball to paparazzi-lit the red carpet. Throughout this evolution, certain styles, silhouettes and colours have remained perennially popular choices for glamourous ballgowns.

13.00-13.45, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A


Speaker(s):

Sonnet Stanfil | talks
Oriole Cullen | talks

 

Date and Time:

13 June 2012 at 1:00 pm

Duration:

TBC

 

Venue:

Victoria and Albert Museum
V&A Membership
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL
020 7942 2271
http://www.vam.ac.uk

More at Victoria and Albert Museum...

 

Tickets:

Free, no booking required

Available from:

Additional Information:

http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1747/ballgowns-clients-and-designers-2905/

Register to tell a friend about this lecture.

Comments

If you would like to comment about this lecture, please register here.



 

Any ad revenue is entirely reinvested into the Lecture List's operating fund