ULA Lecture: Why We Wear What We Wear — Natalie Conklin
Fashion historian Natalie Conklin traces how royal courts, social movements, and cultural shifts have shaped clothing from historical fads to modern streetwear.
Date & Time at 1:30 PM MST
Location Anderson Academic Commons, University of Denver Denver, US
Organizer University of Denver University Libraries Association
Why we picked this
Fashion as a lens for understanding power, protest, and identity — the kind of interdisciplinary history lecture that makes you see your own closet differently.
Natalie Conklin’s lecture traces the long arc of how we dress and why, from the influence of royal courts to the social movements that turned clothing into protest. Why We Wear What We Wear explores how historical events, cultural shifts, and collective identity have shaped everything from corsets to streetwear.
Part of the University of Denver’s ULA Lecture Series, this talk is free and open to the public. It sits at the intersection of history, art, and sociology, and is the kind of lecture that sends you home rethinking something familiar.