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Phi Theta Kappa Satellite Seminar Series: "Fashion Culture", Oct. 11th


Phi Theta Kappa presents a series of internationally televised satellite seminars on the organization’s Honors Study Topic of Popular Culture: Shaping and Reflecting Who We Are.  Speakers are noted professors from across the nation.  Anyone interested is invited to the Forum to watch the presentation and discussion afterwards, and might be given the chance to ask a question directly via satellite.  Each series begins at 7:15pm and refreshments will be provided.

The second satellite seminar is:
Fashion Culture: The Changing Role of Dress in Society
Speakers: Dr. Valerie Steele

Tuesday, October 11, 2005
7:15pm
Forum, Flynn Campus Center
(Program is approximately an hour and a half depending on the speakers and the discussion)

They say that clothes make the man.  Dr. Valerie Steele will explore the important role of fashion as both a reflective and influencial force in popular culture.

Dr. Steele is the Director and Chief Curator of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, and founding editor of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture.  She is the author of numerous books including, Women of Fashion: Twentieth Century Style and The Corset: A Cultural History.  After appearing on the PBS special, "The Way We Wear", Dr. Steele was described in the Washington Post as one of "fashion's braniest women".

Sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa

Michelle Macirella
Campus Center
10/07/2005