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Celebrate Iris Apfel with a day of hands-on fashion. Get into the groove with live DJ music and a fashion slide show on the big screen! Fashion experts talk about their inspiration and what's hot.
Saturday, December 5 programming is included with museum admission and made possible by the Lowell Institute and ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations).

DOCENT-LED GALLERY TOURS
Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel
11 am and 3 pm, meet at the information desk
Reservations by December 2

Both Tours are FULL

DEMONSTRATION

The Art of Fashion in Action!
11 am–4 pm, Atrium

Jay Calderin and his students from the School of Fashion Design in Boston lead this behind-the-scenes look at how a garment comes to life, from fashion sketch to fabric draped on a dress form. Calderin is director of creative marketing at the school and founder and executive director of Boston Fashion Week. His designs have appeared in Vogue, Elle, The Boston Globe and The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine.

ART ACTIVITY
Fashion Sketching
Noon–3 pm, Atrium and Rare Bird of Fashion Galleries

School of Fashion Design students share their tips. Get inspired by magazines and practice sketching in the exhibition. Don't forget to add one of your sketches to the PEM Wall of Fashion!

FASHION ACTIVITY
Iris Style
Noon–4 pm, Atrium

Stylists from Stilista, a Boston-based fashion style agency, help fashionistas of all ages pay homage to Iris Apfel. Try on necklaces, bracelets, wraps and other accessories to accentuate your individual style. Have your picture taken on the "runway" and be part of PEM's fashion slide show on the PEM Flickr page!

FILM

Unzipped
1995, 73 minutes, directed by Douglas Keeve
12:30–1:45 pm, Morse Auditorium
Reservations by December 3
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Peek behind the scenes as fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi plans his fall 1994 collection. This documentary features supermodels and Hollywood stars amid the chaos and sublime creativity of high fashion. Rated R for mild profanity.

DROP-IN ART ACTIVITIES
Bangles and Paper Dolls
1–3 pm, Atrium

Make your own dazzling bangle and create paper dolls inspired by international fashion.

PANEL DISCUSSION
The World of Fashion
With Pulitzer Prize–Winning Fashion Journalist Robin Givhan, Designer Michael Vollbracht and Iris Apfel
3–4:30 pm, Morse Auditorium
This event is FULL

Find out what three influential members of the fashion community say will be hot in the coming year. Our panelists discuss how they met, their shared inspiration and their passion for fashion and design. They also talk about the dynamic relationship between art and design. Paula Richter, curator for exhibitions and research, moderates the discussion.

Panelists
Robin Givhan, fashion editor for The Washington Post, won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for critcism, the first time the honor was given to a fashion writer. The Pulitzer Committee noted Givhan's "witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism."

Michael Vollbracht is a distinguished fashion designer, an accomplished painter and an author. In 1989, The New Yorker named him one of its top illustrators. Former artistic director at Bliss Blass Limited, Vollbracht launched his eponymous label in 2008 with pieces designed to be elegant, tailored and "not faddish" in any way.

Iris Apfel is a fashion iconoclast and true original whose exuberant style is celebrated at PEM in Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel. She has been touted by many of the world's designers as an important influence for their collections.