From Paris to Pompeii – again

As part of Mas­sey Uni­versity’s ‘Blow’ Cre­at­ive Arts Fest­iv­al, Leimomi Oakes is once again present­ing a  a free talk and fash­ion show From Pom­peii to Par­is: the Clas­sic­al influ­ence on West­ern fash­ion

See his­tory come to life with a talk explor­ing how ancient Greece and Rome have influ­enced fash­ions in the West.  The talk will be illus­trated by 13 mod­els in his­tor­ic­ally accur­ate recre­ations of peri­od cos­tumes, ran­ging from the 1770s to the 1930s, and com­plete with stays, pan­i­er, cor­sets and bustles.  Each ensemble has been cre­ated by Leimomi Oakes using peri­od accur­ate sew­ing tech­niques and his­tor­ic­al examples.