In conjunction with a new exhibition, Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes from the Ideal to the Real, opening May 3, 2025, Historic Deerfield will organize a Fall Forum, “Fashioning the Body: Dress in New England 1600–1900,” that aims to examine men’s and women’s fashion through a specific New England lens by convening a group of experts in the field to explore the rich history of dressing the body in this region. Paper submissions are due May 3, 2025.
