Dark Glamour

May 11, 2016 | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT

Dr. Valerie Steele, author of Gothic: Dark Glamour and director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT, will speak about Gothic themes in high fashion and in sub cultural style, charting their relationship with art, film, literature, and music. Free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by The Costume & Textile Society of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and The Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation. Learn more here.

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Valerie Steele in the archives of The Museum at FIT

Valerie Steele in the archives of The Museum at FIT

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