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From Dior to Balenciaga and Biki: 1950’s Couture a Renaissance of...

...Elegance in Paris, Spain and Italy

A Study Day with Anne Haworth

Worsall Village Hall

Wednesday 29th November, 2017

10.00am – 3.30pm

Cost £35 (includes coffee and a light lunch)

10am Coffee

10.30-11-30 am Paris: including ‘Theatre de la Mode’, Dior’s Iconic ‘New Look’,

The House of Lanvin

12.00-1.00 pm Spain: Spanish Designers in the Franco Era, including Balenciaga

LUNCH

2.00-3.00 pm Italy: The Emergence of ‘Alta Moda’, Giovanni Battista Giorgini , Simonetta, Pucci and Biki of Milan

Each lecture will also make links to the textile traditions of each country, ranging from

paintings from the Italian Renaissance to portraits by Velazquez and C18th French silks

Anne Haworth lectures within the historic dress collections at the V & A Museum in London

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