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Bonnets, berets, cloches, and pillboxes! Sarah-Grace Heller will discuss hat design and fashion trends with her extravagant collection of hats! Try some on to choose your favorite style.
Prepare for the upcoming Kentucky Derby through exploring one of its most celebrated traditions...the hats! Learn about the history of hat trends and fashions through the ages and try on different styles of hats to get inspired for this year's Derby Day. From bonnets and berets to cloches and pillboxes, Sarah-Grace Heller will discuss hat design and fashion trends with her extravagant collection of hats! Try some on to choose your favorite style. Feel free to bring one you would like to update with a new veil or trim.
Sarah-Grace Heller is the Department Chair and an Associate Professor of French, specializing in medieval French and Occitan literature, language, and material culture. Her publications include Fashion in Medieval France (Boydell, 2007), A Cultural History of Fashion in a Medieval Age (Berg, 2016), and articles related to sumptuary law, crusade literature, the Roman de la Rose, and the semiotics of culture. Her current project is titled Fashion’s Roots across the Romance Routes of the Mediterranean, 400-1300. She is president of the Société Guilhem IX which promotes Occitan scholarship, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Medieval Clothing and Textiles. She has served as director and associate director of OSU's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Bexley Public Library was founded in 1924 and first housed in Bexley High School, now Montrose Elementary School. The present building opened in 1929 and was designed by architects O.C. Miller and R.R. Reeves who drew upon French and Italian architecture from the 17th century for the design.
The library is located at 2411 East Main Street, at the intersection of East Main Street and Cassady Avenue. Parking is available in our parking lot on Euclaire Avenue and in front of the library on Main Street. Main Street is a No Parking Tow Zone from 4:00-6:00 p.m. weekdays.
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