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DESCRIPTION:New Perspectives on French Fashion History highlights new resea
 rch by emerging fashion scholars. Come to just one session or take all fiv
 e and learn about the history of fashion display in Parisian department st
 ores and in presentations at World’s Fairs\, the transformative impact Wor
 ld War I had on the French fashion industry\, cultural shifts brought abou
 t by the introduction of ready-made fashion in the 1950s and 60s\, and muc
 h more. Individual classes:$100 Adults$85 Students and Educators$75 BGC Me
 mbersTake all five sessions and save! $450 Adults$375 Students and Educato
 rs$350 BGC MembersSpace is limited!Session Three\, Gender and Ready-Made C
 lothing: While the field of dress studies abounds in histories of French f
 ashion\, which tend to prioritize haute couture and idealize the productio
 n of iconic designers\, this class provides an alternate narrative in expl
 oring the development of the French prêt-à-porter (ready-made dress) indus
 try\, introducing students to largely unknown designers and other players.
  Participants will learn how ready-made dress relates to the history of po
 st-war France\, which was informed by new economic and industrial systems\
 , decolonized and urbanized landscapes\, and its perceived loss of politic
 al and cultural hegemony. This session will pay particular attention to wo
 men’s experience of these wider histories\, via their experience of ready-
 made fashion\, through the cross-analysis of magazine imagery\, archival m
 aterials\, and oral histories.Meet the ProfessorAlexis Romano is a histori
 an of twentieth-century fashion and visual culture with a focus on fashion
  imagery and the everyday\, subjective aspects of dress. She completed her
  PhD at the Courtauld Institute of Art and is currently finishing a book o
 n the development and image of French ready-to-wear (1945-1970)\, explorin
 g how it connected to women’s experience\, national identity\, and France’
 s project of postwar modernization. She is an adjunct faculty member at Pa
 rsons\, the New School for Design\; US Editor of Wear Global Magazine\; an
 d a co-founder of the Fashion Research Network.Other classes in this cours
 e include:Session 1: Fashion on Display\, 1900–1937Taught by Paula Alaszki
 ewicz Monday\, October 7\, 2019Session 2: War Time FashionTaught by Maude 
 Bass-Krueger and Sophie KurkdjianMonday\, October 14\, 2019Session 4: Fash
 ion and Labor in Nineteenth Century FranceTaught by Susan HinerMonday\, Oc
 tober 28\, 2019Session 5: Constructing Femininity: 1980–2000Taught by Fran
 cesca GranataMonday\, November 4\, 2019We are also pleased to extend compl
 imentary need-based community tickets by request to all ticketed events. T
 o learn more\, please email public.programs@bgc.bard.edu. Leading support 
 for Public Programs at Bard Graduate Center comes from Gregory Soros and o
 ther generous donors.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Public Education Course: New Perspectives on 
 French Fashion History
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