Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons Lecture with Kathy Craughwell-Varda

Each month, join the Historical Society for a special presentation exploring the breadth of American history over the course of 250 years. Cover topics from experts in the fields of fashion, local and national history, archaeology, historic preservation, archives, and more. Light bites and drinks will be available before each presentation begins. A Q&A with the audience will follow all presentations.

This month explore female fashion icons over the course of 250 years. Kathy Craughwell-Varda, Senior Curator at the Greenwich Historical Society, will introduce attendees to American fashion icons and present-day influencers who have defined American style. With no monarchy to emulate, Americans have long been drawn to women who possessed style, charisma, and grace. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis possessed these qualities in abundance. This presentation titled, Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons, will provide an examination of American women who were the “Jackies” of their era, women who, since the 1800s, have had a similar impact on American fashion. The lecture will reveal how these women’s distinctive personal styles captured the imagination of the American public and influenced popular fashion.

Visit the exhibition Fashioning America: 250 Years of Greenwich Style before the lecture and view styles chronicling the evolution of American fashion.