Speaker Series: India in Fashion with Caroline Milbank

164 King Street,Charleston SC 29401

23 May, 2023

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In conjunction with Vogue’s recent release, India in Fashion—a stunning survey and visual feast of a book on which she was a collaborator and contributor—the Charleston-based fashion authority Caroline Milbank will join us for a special discussion on the aesthetic and cultural history of one of the country’s most recognizable symbols: the sari. Don't miss this global style insider and intellectual as she shares insights on the influence of fashion through the lens of this sweeping and masterful work edited by Hamish Bowles. Tickets are $10 for members, $15 for guests. To purchase tickets, click here or call 843-579-9922 from 10AM–4PM, Monday thru Friday. About the Author: Caroline Rennolds Milbank has written extensively on fashion history in her books Fashion: A Timeline in Photographs 1850-TODAY,  Resort Fashion, 2015, Rizzoli;  The Couture Accessory, 2002, and New York Fashion: The Evolution of American Style, 1989, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Couture: The Great Designers, 1985, Stewart, Tabori & Chang.  She has contributed essays to museum catalogues and books including: India in Fashion: The Impact of Indian Dress and Textiles on the Fashionable Imagination, Hamish Bowles, editor, Rizzoli; Suzie Zuzek for Lilly Pulitzer, Cooper Hewitt, Rizzoli, 2020, Mod New York: Fashion Takes a Trip, Museum of the City of New York, 2018; Poiret, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007, Chanel The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press, 2005, Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2005; Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein: Extraordinary Style: Beauty, Art, Fashion and Design, Pointed Leaf Press, 2003; Giorgio Armani, Guggenheim Museum, 2000; Icons of Fashion. The 20th Century, Prestel, 1999;  Our Town: Images and Stories from the Museum of the City of New York, 1997; The Encyclopedia of New York City 1995. Milbank has lectured most at the Society Library, New York City, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown and Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York. Topics include: Charles Frederick Worth; The Origins of American Fashion; The Jazz Age; From Winterhalter to Worth: Fashion and Art; The Clients of Balenciaga, Resort Fashion and A Grand Tour of the 1880s. Milbank co-curated the exhibition The Couture Accessory at the Fashion Institute of Technology, 2004, and also curated the costume components of the exhibitions: Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: American Orientalism, 1870-1930, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2000; John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the Wertheimer Family, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2000; Art and the Empire City: New York  1825-1861, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000; Elegance, Glamour and Style: Fashion and its Photography, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1998.