Unique event, part of the ROM100 Speaks series, takes place on Nov. 12
A garment is created – live on stage
As part of the ROM100 Speaks series at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), you are invited to make an appointment on Wednesday, November 12 at 7:00 pm with the Fashion Doctors, the ROM’s own Alexandra Palmer and guest speaker Timo Rissanen.
While Timo creates a piece of clothing using one full piece of muslin, fitted to a live model on stage, Alexandra will use images from the ROM’s collection and archival sources to explain how cloth has been draped, cut, and sewn to make incredibly different kinds of fashions. By the demonstration’s end, Timo will have produced a 3D garment from a 2D piece of cloth and Alexandra will have explored how such transformations have occurred across time and cultures. The special evening concludes with the opportunity to speak with the Fashion Doctors during a sparkling wine reception.
Event Speakers
Alexandra Palmer is the Nora E. Vaughan Fashion Costume Senior Curator and Chair of the Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship in Textiles & Costume at the ROM, and curator of Fashion Follows Form, currently on display in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume. She is cross-appointed and teaches in Fine Art History at the University of Toronto, the Graduate Programme in Art History at York University, and the School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University.
Timo Rissanen is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Sustainability at Parsons The New School for Design. He is a Finnish fashion designer, whose creative practice is grounded in inquiry through cutting. Having lived in Finland, Spain, Australia, and the USA Rissanen is interested in global challenges with local perspectives. His research centres on fashion and sustainability, with particular focus on zero-waste fashion design. He sees fashion as integral to the everyday experience of living; creating a fashion system that enriches humanity is a task for us all.
Tickets (all pricing + HST)
General Public $35.00
ROM Members $32.00
RPC and YPC Members $32.00
Students/Teachers $20.00
Be Our Guest promotion: Two tickets for the price of one!
The event takes place in the Peter F. Bronfman Hall on Level 2 of the Hilary and Galen Weston Wing. Doors open at 6:30 pm and attendees should enter via the ROM’s Weston Entrance (on Queen’s Park).
The Fashion Doctors is part of ROM100 Speaks, a new events series presented by the ROM offering interactive and intriguing talks delivered by worldwide thoughtful leaders, scientists, and citizens. More information on the series is available at www.rom.on.ca/rom100speaks
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available for all ROM lectures with at least three weeks advance notice. Email programs@rom.on.ca to enquire about this service.
For additional information and to purchase tickets for The Fashion Doctors, please visit: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/activities-programs/events-calendar/2014-vaughan-lecture-the-fashion-doctors