Boston Fashion is SMART: The Book Edition

Our panel of fashion industry professionals will share the importance and impact of great fashion lit, whether in the form of industry memoirs, designer biographies, fashion histories, style guides, insider exposés, entrepreneurial primers, beautiful coffee-table books, or even that essential technical manual.

Co-hosted by award-winning stand-up comedian, storyteller, and host Bethany Van Delft and author, educator, and founder of Boston Fashion Week Jay Calderin.

Fashionistas, book lovers, collectors, students of fashion, and connoisseurs of design — all are welcome!

A one-night-only book club event like no other.

Panelists:

Petra Slinkard - James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes Chief Curator and The Nancy B. Putnam Curator of Fashion and Textiles at Peabody Essex Museum

Robin Hauck - Founder and Editor of Misstropolis, an arts and culture online journal. Writer, editor, art lover.

Alicia Kennedy - Design Writer, Editor, & Educator

Ethan Donaldson - Upcoming Boston-based Fashion Designer