This illustrated lecture will discuss the importance of hats in history and how they reflect our attitudes, not only about elegance and refinement, but the social messages they send to those who observe them.  Technical methods of manufacture will be illustrated and discussed and the role of the milliner in society and her influence on morals and manners will be examined. Maeder reminds us that “life is like a hat, it depends on how you trim it!" Edward F. Maeder studied the history of dress at the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London, and has been a longtime curator of costume and textiles at institutions such as the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Historic Deerfield in Massachusetts. He recently designed and created hats for the forthcoming PBS film, Dolley Madison.
 

Location: Farnsworth auditorium

Seating: limited to 70 people

Cost: $15 members; $20 general admission

Reservations: please call 207-596-0949