Partner Event | Stories We Wear: Fashion as Visual Narrative

What stories do our clothes tell about who we are, where we come from, and how we wish to be seen?

Presented in partnership with Fashion Film Festival Chicago, join us at the Chicago History Museum for an afternoon of international fashion films, creative conversations, and audience participation exploring the relationship between fashion, film, identity, and personal expression.

Featuring work by filmmakers including Olivier Ronot, Victor Claramunt, and Perry Curties, the program brings together distinct approaches to visual storytelling—from intimate explorations of identity and emotion to imaginative cinematic narratives that combine fashion, movement, humor, and striking imagery.

The afternoon will also feature Show and Tell: Shaping a Personal Narrative, an interactive program developed by fashion artists and educators Kristin Mariani and Caroline Bellios. Through conversation and audience participation, visitors are asked to consider the memories, cultural histories, and personal stories carried by the clothes we wear.

Part film festival, part cultural conversation, Stories We Wear invites audiences to discover fashion as more than something we see or wear: it is something through which we tell our stories.

$15; free for CHM members and students.