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February 2025

Winterhalter & Worth: the mid-19th century’s Masters of Design and Draughtmanship

The Arts Society Worcester - come and join us.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 20:00
Bishop Perowne C of E College
Merriman’s Hill Road Worcester WR3 8LE
Online Event

Frederick Worth created the gowns, Winterhalter depicted the luxurious fabrics in paint...

Franz Xaver Winterhalter painted portraits of the fashionable courts of 19th century Europe. Charles Frederick Worth was official couturier to the Empress Eugénie, consort of Napoleon III. One depicted luxurious fabrics in paint, the other sculpted these fabrics into gowns for the fashionable elite. 

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Mr Scott Schiavone

Scott William Schiavone is a Fashion Historian and Curator. Scott is both University of Glasgow and London College of Fashion alumni having graduated from the MA (Hons) History of Art and MA Fashion Curation in 2004 and 2010 respectively. Scott has worked with fashion and textile collections across the UK including Glasgow Museums, National Museums Scotland and The Fan Museum in Greenwich. Scott recently relocated to Preston to join the Curatorial team leading the HarrisYourPlace project at The Harris Museum & Art Gallery, a £10.4 million Heritage Lottery Funded project that will transform The Harris into a community lead centre for arts and culture. In 2020, Scott launched his YouTube channel Fashion &… which now has over 4,500 subscribers. Scott is interested in manifestations of luxury and excess across the fashion timeline. His areas of expertise are nineteenth century womenswear, marginalised social histories of fashion, the 1970s and 80s and the rise of the superstar designer.