糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty to discuss wedding dress culture, fashion history
Yslan Hicks, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, will discuss the cultural and fashion history of the wedding dress as part of University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Weekend University on Saturday, April 20.Hicks鈥� presentation, 鈥淢emorable Wedding Dresses: From the Silly to the Sublime鈥� will be from 1:30-3 p.m. at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Downtown, 333 President Clinton Ave. The cost is $15.She鈥檒l highlight bridal dresses that have come to be considered iconic – from Queen Victoria’s 1840 wedding dress, credited with establishing the well-known custom of wearing white, to Yves Saint Laurent’s 1999 ready-to-wear wedding bikini.Hicks is a member of the designers guild United Scenic Artists, Local 829 and was named one of three Designing Women of the Year in 2012 by Women鈥檚 Foundation of Arkansas. 聽Her professional costume design credits include productions at the Lincoln Center Institute in New York City, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, the Old Globe Arena Stage in San Diego, and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. She has held faculty positions at The University of Tulsa and Tulane University.Registration is available online at. For more information, contact Christine Cotton, director of Extended Education, at [email protected].
