All events are in Central time unless specified.

Tuesday, February 21

Exhibition

New Acquisitions from the Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design’s Historic Costume Collection

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8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
This new exhibition, running through March 3, 2017, features a selection of recent acquisitions and donations to the collection. A key goal of the collections program is to accession objects that fit into and expand the cultural, historical, and …
Lecture

Image–Fashion–Text…and Talk: Discourses of Dress and Authority in What Not to Wear

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4:30 pm
Location: Home Economics Building Room: 31
In his book ‘The Fashion System’ Roland Barthes asks ‘what happens when an object…is converted into language?’ Or rather, ‘when an object encounters language?’ He answers by exploring how image and writing unite in fashion magazines to …