The Durham Museum will sponsor a lecture on actress Katharine Hepburn at noon on Feb. 5 in the Sorrell Center, Room 2018.
The museum’s Jean Druesdow will speak on “Katharine Hepburn: Rebel Chic,”
celebrating the irreverent and original style of Hepburn, an icon of stage and screen.
Glamorous when she wanted to be and tomboyish when she didn’t, Hepburn developed her personal style and public image as a style rebel. Rather than submit to studio image makers, she controlled her image and drew on her own proclivities to create a distinct anti-fashion persona.
Through images of Hepburn’s on-screen and off-screen wardrobes, the lecture will look at a true fashion original.
The presentation is part of the Time Travelers Program, a partnership between the Durham Museum and UNMC. The program provides free museum admission for medical center employees, students and their immediate family with a valid identification badge, while also offering lectures, workshops and other events on the medical center campus.