Fashioning the Body: Dress in New England 1600-1900
September 12 - 13 in Deerfield, MA
Fashion has garnered great interest in recent decades and research into the history of clothing has yielded new insights into culturally embedded ideas around self-styling and the body. Yet, few studies have explored New England’s relationship with styling the body and fashionable dress. Organized in conjunction with the current exhibition, Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real on view in the Flynt Center, Historic Deerfield’s 2025 Fall Forum Fashioning the Body: Dress in New England 1600-1900 will convene a group of experts in the field to explore the rich history of dressing the body and self-presentation in this region.

Please make your selections below. You will be asked to provide more information on the next screen once you click "Register." Virtual registration entitles access to the forum's lectures. (Workshops are available to in-person registrants only.) Read more about the event here.

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