Book Presentation: Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velasquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV

Amanda Wunder will speak about her latest book, Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV, which reconstructs the life and work of Mateo Aguado, a court tailor who dressed many of Diego Velázquez’s most famous portrait sitters. None of the garments that Aguado made survive today, but this book brings them to life through archival documents, portraits, and surviving fragments of material evidence. Focusing attention on the fascinating world of court artisans, Wunder inserts a previously anonymous tailor into the canon as a major creative figure of Golden-Age Spanish culture.