One has written a novel and the other a memoir, but Katherine Ashenburg and Jeanne Beker share in common a passion for textiles, design, and fashion. Both admire the gifted sewers in their own families and gladly wore their mothers’ handiwork as children; both appreciate clothes as talismans and artefacts of social history; and both are drawn to the strong, occasionally flawed, characters that populate the world of haute couture.
Jeanne Beker’s Heart on My Sleeve is a captivating wardrobe of memory, recollections conjured by the treasures in her closet, high-end or thrift store. Alexander McQueen boots remind her of life’s fragility; an Elsa Peretti bracelet sustained her through cancer treatment; a little black dress gifted by House of Dior taught her that magic can happen when least expected.
It was Christian Dior’s first post-war show in 1947 that inspired Katherine Ashenburg’s latest novel, Margaret’s New Look. Part museum intrigue, insider’s guide to Paris ateliers, and portrait of France in the aftermath of German occupation, this delicious mystery questions our worship of heroes, distant or close by.
Brett Christopher who, as Managing Artistic Director of Thousand Islands Playhouse, knows great costuming when he sees it, moderates the conversation between two authors for whom fashion is no crime. What will you wear?
This event is sponsored by Chris James.
Tickets: $30
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