Richard Thompson Ford is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. He writes about law, social and cultural issues and race
relations and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San
Francisco Chronicle, CNN and Slate. He
is the author of the New York Times notable books The Race Card and Rights Gone Wrong:
How Law Corrupts the Struggle for Equality.
He has appeared on The Colbert Report, The Rachel Maddow Show, andThe Dylan Rattigan Show. He is a
member of the American Law Institute and serves on the board of the Authors Guild Foundation. Quite to his surprise, he was one of 25
semi-finalists in Esquire magazine’s Best Dressed Real Man contest in 2009. He lives in San Francisco with his wife
Marlene and two children, Cole and Ella.
Vanessa Friedman was named the fashion director and chief fashion critic for The New York Times in March 2014. In this role
she covers global fashion for both The New York Times and International New York Times. Previously, Ms. Friedman was the inaugural
fashion editor of the Financial Times, beginning in 2003. Before that, she was the fashion features director for InStyle UK, from 2000
to 2002. She also worked as a fashion correspondent for the FT, as an arts contributor at The Economist and was the European editor at
American Elle. In addition she contributed regularly to Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Entertainment Weekly. She is the
author of “Emilio Pucci” (Taschen) as well as an honorary professor at Glasgow-Caledonian University. She was the recipient of the 2018
Fashion Group International Media Award, the 2013 Fashion Monitor Journalist of the Year award, and the 2012 Front Page Award for
fashion writing. Ms. Friedman received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University.
Join us as author Richard Ford discusses his book, Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History, with NYT fashion director, Vanessa Friedman.
In Dress Codes, How the Laws of Fashion Made History, Stanford Law Professor Richard Thompson Ford presents an informative and entertaining history of the laws of fashion from the Middle Ages to the present day with a focus on French clothing trends. Walk down history’s red carpet runway to uncover the rules of behavior, etiquette, and customs of clothing. Learn how French dress codes reflected the social order of a given time period as well as the pursuit of individual expression. Discover how we dress and why it still matters.
This zoom event in English is presented in partnership with the Federation of Alliances Françaises. The event is 1pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, May 9. The zoom link will be sent to registrants on May 8.