Enjoy this Virtual Lecture and Fundraiser Supporting the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts from the comfort of your own home and join us along with renowned textile artist, researcher and teacher Rebecca Devaney over Zoom.

$25/ Members | $30/ Nonmembers

Rebecca Devaney’s lecture will tell the fascinating story of how luxury textiles and fashion became woven into the fabric of Paris. The intriguing history of luxury textiles and fashion is revealed through the geography of the winding streets and wide boulevards of Paris. Travelling in Paris from the elegant Opéra district to Le Sentier, once the bustling garment district, we will meet kings, politicians, spies, cloth merchants, milliners, glove-makers, feather-workers, embroiderers and the fiercely independent Midinettes.

Note: To train at the prestigious École Lesage is to be invited to share in more than a century and a half of ever-renewed enthusiasm, talent and expertise. It means getting a chance to learn the techniques mastered – and, in some cases, invented – by one of the world’s greatest embroidery houses.

This lecture will be held via Zoom only. An emailed invitation, with links, will be provided to registrants approximately one to two weeks prior to the tour.

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