The Dallas Hat Band was fortunate to visit Fashion on Main and to see this beautiful exhibit of clothing from the 1830s - 1890s. The detail and beauty of the dresses is exquisite and the condition of this vintage clothing is remarkable. Caralee invited us to join our meeting with the Costume Society of America's meeting and she was available to share her knowledge with us. Fashion on Main is presented by the Texas Fashion Collection, College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas.
Myra of UNT gave us a "behind the scenes" tour of the unfinished area that will become the expanded exhibit area of Fashion on Main. The University has purchased this historical building, which opened in 1929 as the department store Titche Goettinger, or just Titche's, then became Joske's and later closed altogether in 1986. Today it also houses apartments.
The current exhibit area is only 500 square feet, which limits what can be exhibited. The new space will be much larger and allow special exhibits that it has been unable to accommodate in the past.
Suzanne and daughter Carly. The dress behind them is Civil War era,
having a bit of a military look.
Joyce in that cute red hat and Benita with her unique vintage flair including fox tails and veil.
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Nicole enjoying the view among the beautiful lace wedding gowns.
Cynthia and Maureen looking very stylish.
Carly in the forefront, Benita and Betsy next to her.
Loretta, Laurel (oops, caught her by surprise) and Nicole.
Self portrait taken by Carly with her mother, Suzanne.
Kelley brought a gentleman friend, Dorian, her grandson.
Stephanie, Margarita and Cynthia enjoying good conversation and wonderful food.
This was a really fun meeting of the Dallas Hat Band and we had a really good turnout. Thanks to all for your attendance and support. See you in December for our Holiday Tea at the Adolphus.
Joyce in that cute red hat and Benita with her unique vintage flair including fox tails and veil..JPG)
Nicole enjoying the view among the beautiful lace wedding gowns.
Cynthia and Maureen looking very stylish.
From the exhibit, we walked the short distance to Neiman Marcus and had a wonderful lunch at the Zodiac.
Joyce was wearing this darling red Lilly Dache hat. During lunch, she shared her interesting story about the hat. Many, many years ago, she came to Dallas to shop at A. Harris, a prominent department store. In those days, women wore a hat and gloves to go shopping downtown. For those of you who haven't been around Dallas that long, A. Harris Department Store merged with Sanger Brothers in 1961 and became Sanger Harris, which later became Foleys in 1987. Anyway, back to the story. She found this wonderful hat at A. Harris and wanted it so much. But she had 4 small children and she couldn't even consider such a hat. She kept going back and admiring it. As it happened, friends invited her to their country club to play BINGO, and, you guessed it, she won the jackpot and rushed over to spend her winnings on the hat.
Joyce was wearing this darling red Lilly Dache hat. During lunch, she shared her interesting story about the hat. Many, many years ago, she came to Dallas to shop at A. Harris, a prominent department store. In those days, women wore a hat and gloves to go shopping downtown. For those of you who haven't been around Dallas that long, A. Harris Department Store merged with Sanger Brothers in 1961 and became Sanger Harris, which later became Foleys in 1987. Anyway, back to the story. She found this wonderful hat at A. Harris and wanted it so much. But she had 4 small children and she couldn't even consider such a hat. She kept going back and admiring it. As it happened, friends invited her to their country club to play BINGO, and, you guessed it, she won the jackpot and rushed over to spend her winnings on the hat.
Carly in the forefront, Benita and Betsy next to her.
Loretta, Laurel (oops, caught her by surprise) and Nicole.
Self portrait taken by Carly with her mother, Suzanne.
Kelley brought a gentleman friend, Dorian, her grandson.
He is a cutie and a perfect gentleman. He even wore a hat,
but like all gentlemen, he took it off at the table.
Stephanie, Margarita and Cynthia enjoying good conversation and wonderful food.This was a really fun meeting of the Dallas Hat Band and we had a really good turnout. Thanks to all for your attendance and support. See you in December for our Holiday Tea at the Adolphus.
