This year’s lecture series, Style and Stylemakers, was an educational and entertaining series featuring renowned speakers on scintillating topics.

Thursday, October 25, 10:30 a.m.

Twentieth Century Design: Looking to the Twenty-First Century

James Zemaitis, Director of 20th Century Design, Sotheby's, New York

Zemaitis explored the development of the contemporary design market, tracing major stylistic and economic trends from the 1950s to the present, and analyzing the recent season of auctions and fairs.

Thursday, October 25, 2:30 p.m.

The Allure of the New:

European Modern Design in America, 1910-1940

Jared Goss, Associate Curator in the Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

American design underwent radical changes during the first three decades of the twentieth century, largely due to the influence of European Modernism. Goss examined how the work of innovative French designers, in particular, reinvigorated and reshaped taste, from New York to California.

Friday, October 26, 10:30 a.m.

Sophistication and Style at the White House

Jonathan Joseph and Peter Schifando, Interior Designers, Los Angeles, and Co-Authors of Entertaining at the White House with Nancy Reagan (William Morrow/Harper-Collins, November 2007)

Sharing personal anecdotes and photographs from Former First Lady Nancy Reagan, her interior designers Schifando and Joseph offered a behind-the-scenes look at the fabulous events she orchestrated, giving an insiders view of White House entertaining.

Friday, October 26, 2:30 p.m.

Tales of Design Legend, Tony Duquette

Hutton Wilkinson , President, Tony Duquette Inc., Hollywood, and Co-Author of Tony Duquette (Abrams, October 2007)

Tony Duquette remains beloved for his over-the-top style in interiors, jewelry, costumes, and set design. Wilkinson recounted original stories about this design legend in a lecture offered in collaboration with Western Interiors and Design.

Saturday, October 27, 10:30 a.m.

Designer to the Nation: John Fowler and English Country House Style

Martin Wood, Textile, Interior, and Garden Designer, London, and Author of John Fowler: Prince of Decorators (Frances Lincoln, October 2007)

The English Country House Style as created in the mid-twentieth century by the decorating firm of Colefax & Fowler not only set fashions and changed tastes, but defined a lifestyle. Wood illustrated the influential commissions of Fowler and his partners Sibyl Colefax and Nancy Lancaster in a lecture offered in conjunction with The Royal Oak Foundation.

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