Symposium Schedule

   Friday, December 4
   
 9:30–10:30 am  Check-in, registration, and coffee
Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, second floor
 10:30 am–12:30 pm Welcoming remarks
Dr. Valerie Steele, Introduction
Patricia Mears, American Beauty
Caroline Rennolds Milbank, The Origin of the American Look
Kohle Yohannan, The Small Town Girl and the Femme Fatale: Claire McCardell & Valentina
 12:30–2 pm  Lunch break
  2–5 pm Dr. Alexandra Palmer, Christian Dior and American Fashion
Colleen Hill, The “Mad Hatter”: Mr. John and Mid-Century Millinery
Pamela Golbin, A French View of American Fashion
Maria Cornejo, and Christian Cota, Latin America and Fashion
   
   Saturday, December 5
   
 9:30–10:30 am   Check-in, registration, and coffee
Haft Auditorium, Feldman Center, second floor
 10:30 am–12:30 pm David Colman, Prep-posterous: How History, Mythology, Race, and Fashion Have Clashed and Colluded to Create Today's Prep Revival
Holly George-Warren, Manuel and Cowboy “Cool” Couture
Dr. Van Dyk Lewis, Hip-hop Fashion: The Psycho Mind and Body Drop
 12:30–2 pm   Lunch break
  2–5 pm Charles Kleibacker and Patricia Mears, In conversation
Eric Wilson, Fashion Journalism in the Digital Age
Yeohlee Teng and Dr. Susan Sidlauskas, In conversation
   
   There will be time after each presentation for questions and answers.
   
   Registration Form