THE VANITY OF FASHION with Roger Leong

For centuries, writers and commentators have warned against the vanity of fashion; generally to little effect. This talk spans the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to discuss some of the ways women have accepted, embraced and endured extremes of clothing styles and, ultimately, physical pain and distortion in the pursuit of fashion.

Roger Leong is Curator International Fashion & Textiles at NGV Melbourne and has recently co-curated ManStyle. He has organised numerous exhibitions on historic and contemporary fashion ranging from the time of Jane Austen, The Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev to Shoes, hats and sneaker culture.

Adam Buck (1759-1833), Miss Hester Sarah Fry, England, 1802, (A0991-1989)