Sunday Scholars: Fashioning and Refashioning Victorian Style

New York-based fashion consultant, lecturer, and curator Stéphane Houy-Towner outlines the cyclical history of Victorian fashion. Houy-Towner has worked with some of the world’s leading cultural institutions, collaborating on innovative projects with fashion labels, filmmakers, and museums. His diverse roster of clients includes The Andy Warhol Museum, Georg Jensen, Badgley Mischka, Christian Dior, and the Fur Information Council of America. A graduate of Parsons The New School for Design in New York, Houy-Towner’s experience includes fourteen years as special projects researcher at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.

This program complements the Museum’s current exhibition, The Neo-Victorians: Contemporary Artists Revive Gilded-Age Glamour. #HRMNeoVictorians examines the contemporary revival of interest in ornamental lushness and dedication to craft that once defined the style of the Victorian era, with works of art from more than 20 contemporary artists that conceal pointed social commentary beneath seductive surface techniques.

Free with Museum admission.