The image shows museum visitors viewing an exhibition with dresses and other fashion pieces displayed in glass cases. — Gallery view of the "Paris Couture" exhibition.

Freedom to Adorn

Presented in conjunction with “Paris Couture,” Freedom to Adorn is a daylong program curated by Womxn in Windows that explores fashion as a language of identity, authorship, and self-determination. Through film, conversation, and critical reflection, this event considers who gets to participate in fashion’s mythology, how clothing shapes the way we are seen, and how adornment can become a form of cultural and personal freedom.

Join artists, filmmakers, designers, archivists, performers, and cultural thinkers to reexamine couture beyond luxury. The day invites you to consider fashion as autobiography, memory, creative expression, and a powerful way of shaping how we see ourselves and one another.

Schedule

10 a.m.: Welcome and opening remarks
10:15 a.m.: Short films curated by Womxn in Windows
10:30 a.m.: Conversation: Akua Shabaka and Aditi Meyer, moderated by Nova Aftab
11:45 a.m.: Short films/intermission
12:30 p.m.: Feature film: Mahogany
2:30 p.m.: Conversation: Kilo Kish and Jasmine Benjamin
3:15 p.m.: Presentation: Sanam Sindhi
4:15 p.m.: Closing remarks

_{Gallery view of the "Paris Couture" exhibition.}