Lecture July 28, 18:00

Evening event at the Palace

Lifestyle. "We're going to the ball. Ceremonial dresses and fans of the Yusupov princesses".

The elegant 19th century, when fashion trends for formal dresses and fans changed with enviable regularity. Solemn Empire, the second Rococo with its aesthetics in detail, the era of huge crinolines, sophisticated silhouettes of Art Nouveau ... Ladies' fashion magazines, apt descriptions on the pages of Russian classics, dresses and accessories of fashionistas of the past preserved in museum collections, and, of course, the brilliant images of the Yusupov princesses in ceremonial portraits by Christina Robertson, Franz Winterhalter, Francois Flameng allow us to judge the changeable fashion of the century before last. Beauty in the details of ceremonial dresses is dedicated to the next evening event in the Yusupov Palace. Lecturer Mikhailova E.N.

In the program: a lecture in the Chekhonin Hall, a glass of sparkling wine, a truffle, a tour of the ceremonial halls.

Event language: Russian