This course continues our spring exploration of the design, history, and many social, practical, and sartorial functions of underwear. On September 14, we will investigate how underwear shaped the multiple, complex silhouette changes of the 19^th century. Then, on Sept. 21 we will see how 20^th Century innovations in textiles and shifting attitudes about fashion and the body helped to modernize undergarments.

Subject: art history

Suzanne Eberle, PhD, is a professor emerita of art history at Kendall College of Art & Design, where she taught for 41 years. Her areas of specialization include modern and contemporary art, as well as aesthetic issues related to the human body, including the history of fashion. She serves on the art advisory and education committees of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, and on the art advisory council of Notre Dame’s Raclin Murphy Museum of Art.