Worn on This Day

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Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell leads an exploration of garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries on every calendar day

Join us for an exploration of garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries on every calendar day with Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, author of Worn on This Day: The Clothes That Made History (Running Press Adult). From space suits to wedding gowns, alongside the iconic attire of luminaries Abraham Lincoln, Marie Antoinette, Marilyn Monroe, and the Duchess of Cambridge, Chrisman-Campbell will present a mash-up of styles, stories, personalities, and the history of fashion, one day at a time. Chrisman-Campbell is a fashion historian, curator, and journalist. She is the author of Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette (Yale University Press) and a contributor to The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Ornament, and Politico.<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/worn-on-this-day-the-clothes-that-made-history/9780762493579" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">If you&#x27;d like to purchase a copy of the book, please do so from our preferred bookseller Books on Call NYC by clicking here.</a>Please help the NAC support artists. By making a donation with your registration, you contribute directly to the NAC Artist Fellows program, helping to further the careers of up-and-coming artists.This program will be hosted via Zoom. You will receive additional details upon registration.

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