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Evening dress

Description: Dress. Heavy cream-colored crepe and lace dress. Sheath style, shaped neckline, "sleeveless", with very thin spaghetti straps and a second strap from which is attached an "epaulet" of frothing lace to act as a cap sleeve. Side seam zipper at left. Lower edge of hem cut to form slight triangles at sides. From slightly above knees on each side is gather/swag/"froth" and long cascade of lace that layers and spills to ground and forms train at back of dress. Lined in a cream silk(?) No designer's … more
Date: Autumn 1988
Creator: Carrell, Randy
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Double Dare

Description: Artist Statement from the MFA exhibition: In my recent work, I explore my identity as a first-generation American, using my painting practice to think about early memories of living in-between two cultures.  These remembered moments allow a space for me to consider how both cultures merge. Portraying vivid memories through colorful recognizable objects and body parts, memories take on a new context, showing the passage of time, and reflecting on how memories take on new meaning. My desire to sa… more
Date: November 2019
Creator: Giron, Cynthia
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From Scoular Hall to Welch Street Complex I

Description: A short video combining still and motion footage documenting the move of the Texas Fashion Collection from Scoular Hall to the Welch Street Complex I. The video includes footage of the new site being cleared after demolition of the Church of Christ, construction of the Texas Fashion Collection section of the new facility, the arrival and placement of the modular sections, and general preparation of the new facility. Activities include inventory work, packing materials and preparing racks of ga… more
Date: 2013
Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Graham, Ann
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Texas Fashion Collection move, August 2013

Description: A short video combining still and motion footage documenting the move of the Texas Fashion Collection from Scoular Hall to the Welch Street Complex I. Video includes TFC staff, volunteers, and the professional movers. Activities include inventory work, packing materials and preparing racks of garments for the move, of wrapped racks being loaded on and unloaded from trucks, and items being unloaded in the new facility.
Date: 2013
Duration: 3 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Graham, Ann
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[Interview with Adelma Benavente Garcia]

Description: This transcript is the record of an interview with photographer Adelma Benavente Garcia about how technology affects her work as part of a lecture series, "Women Art Technology." During the interview, Garcia discusses the projects she has worked on to preserve photographs in the Andes mountains and other parts of Peru. The transcript includes a brief introduction with a biography of Garcia and general information about the lecture series and the specific interview. A list of 'Suggested readi… more
Date: March 25, 2008
Creator: Kidd, Allison & Westrup, Sarah
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[Interview with Elda Harrington]

Description: This transcript is the record of an interview with photographer Elda Harrington about how technology affects her work as part of a lecture series, "Women Art Technology." During the interview, Harrington discusses her own work in photography as well as the schools and the photography festival that she has established in Argentina. The transcript includes a brief introduction with a biography of Harrington and general information about the lecture series and the specific interview. A list of … more
Date: April 2, 2008
Creator: Kidd, Allison & Westrup, Sarah
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[Interview with Paula Sibilia]

Description: This transcript is the record of an interview with Paula Sibilia about how technology affects her work as part of a lecture series, "Women Art Technology." During the interview, Sibilia discusses her research into how technological body modifications affect the cultural, social, and philosophical aspects of the human body. The transcript includes a brief introduction with a biography of Sibilia and general information about the lecture series and the specific interview. A list of 'Suggested … more
Date: April 23, 2008
Creator: Kidd, Allison & Westrup, Sarah

Cotton ensemble

Description: Boy's coat ensemble. A) Boy's jacket of sky blue and white check. Double-breasted style with two vertical rows of 3 buttons each. Long sleeves. No collar. Two un-opened welt pockets at hips. Cream cotton lining. Designer's label: "Merry Mites / Inc." and "4" Content and care label, mostly illegible. B) Boy's shorts of off-white linen(?). Center front zipper with single button at waistband. No belt-loops. Internal elastic segment along back waistband. Designer's label: "Merry Mites / Inc." and … more
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: Mites, Merry

Maternity blouse

Description: Maternity blouse of gray mélange wool jersey. Bateau neckline with detachable knitted collar in gold, gray and ivory. Center front opening of four self-covered buttons with bow of matching fabric at base of opening. Elbow-length sleeves with closure of two self-covered buttons. Angled welt pockets at sides. Lined in black cotton. Designer's label: Page Boy / Dallas Retailer's label: Marshall Field & Company / Maternity Shop
Date: 1955/1965
Creator: Page Boy Maternity
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