Worn and the afterlife of clothing
Schedule
Wed May 27 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Manchester Art Gallery | Manchester, EN
About this Event
Using Manchester Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, Worn, as a jumping-off point, cultural historian and gallery guide Dr Lindsay Porter looks at the meaning and myths surrounding specific types of historical dress.
Society balls in post-Revolutionary France, the nineteenth-century rag trade, dress reform and the politics of women’s pockets – how do we read the clothes of the past and what will historians of the future make of how we dress today?
Dr Lindsay Porter is an art and cultural historian specialising in the late eighteenth century. She has been a guide at Manchester Art Gallery for the last ten years, and regularly speaks at cultural events, including the Manchester Histories Festival and the Oxford Literature Festival.
Image: Smock (detail), 1880–90, dyed blue linen, Manchester Art Gallery
Where is it happening?
Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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