Some 30 prestigious speakers from Saint Petersburg, Paris, London, Versailles, Vienna, Warsaw, Stockholm or New York, as well as numerous Belgian specialists will share their research on June 10 and 11. Collaborators from the finest fashion, textile and army museums of 12 countries will look into the situation “in the drawing room and on the battlefield”. Topics such as uniforms, fashion, interior decoration, architecture, textile industry, technical innovations and industrial espionage around 1815 will be discussed at length.
More intimate subjects will however also be broached: which fabrics were favoured by empress Josephine Bonaparte or what did the Empire “it”-girls wear?
On June 12 the event will be rounded off by a post-congress tour. The morning will be dedicated to an exclusive visit of Longchamps Castle. The 1810 building contains some magnificent Empire interiors, amongst which an evocation of the emperor's tent. The afternoon will be spent on the Waterloo battlefield and at the Wellington Museum.
Programme (see website)
Royal Military Academy, rue Hobbema 8, 1000 Brussels, GPS: 50.84451 North: 4.39342 East
Langue(s) : English French Dutch