University of North Texas 
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions and Events
The Texas Fashion Collection showcases global fashion through events, exhibitions and artifact loans.
While the Texas Fashion Collection's facilities do not include dedicated exhibition space, the TFC does organize exhibitions and regularly facilitates artifact loans to cultural institutions worldwide. Past and current partnerships have resulted in several robust displays relating to design and social history. Dress objects represented range from international cultural dress to French haute couture to American ready-to-wear — and have been organized in traditional museum spaces and unconventional public venues.
If your institution is interested in borrowing artifacts for an exhibition in a conservationally stable and secure location, please contact Annette Becker, TFC curator and director.
Be sure to visit our webpage about our past exhibitions and events, too!
Public Lectures
Jan. 30, 2027, 1–4:30 p.m.: Annette Becker, TFC curator and director, will lecture about “Crazy Creative: Fashion Designer Todd Oldham and His Dallas Counterculture Collaborations” at the Dallas History and Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library Central Branch, 1515 Young St, Dallas, 75201. The conference features a variety of speakers on the theme “Dallas Underground."
A western-inspired skirt suit of painted, plain-weave fabric with piped pattern design by Todd Oldham, 1991.
Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.: Annette Becker, TFC curator and director, will deliver a talk titled “Women Fashioning the World” at the South Branch of the Denton Public Library, 3228 Teasley Lane, Denton, TX 76210. The presentation will focus on design innovations created by women designers who still shape our wardrobes today.
Free and open to the public. Please join us!
Sports ensemble by Claire McCardell, 1949.
Sept. 18, 6:30 p.m.: Following the screening of “Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams” at the Dallas
Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Annette Becker, TFC curator and director, will
participate in a short discussion. The documentary is presented by the Bolton Arts
Foundation, which will be screening the documentary.
Use the discount code “TFC” for a 50% discount on tickets.
Tickets on Eventbrite
Sept. 3, 2026, 6 p.m.: Annette Becker, TFC curator and director, will present a public lecture, “Fashioning Women’s Influence in the Kennedy Era,” at the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas. The talk will explore the relationship between fashion and journalism and the influence of former U.S. First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson.
Tickets: $15. For more information and tickets, visit the Sixth Floor Museum's ticketing webpage.
Aug. 29, 2026: To complement Texas Christian University's art exhibition “What’s for Dinner? Conflict & Consumption in American Food Culture,” Annette Becker, TFC curator and director, will deliver a free, public talk focusing on behind-the-scenes stories about the featured TFC artifacts in the exhibition.
- Exhibition — Aug. 24–Sept. 12, 2026: Moudy Gallery at Texas Christian University, 2805 S. University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76129, in the J.M. Moudy Building North.
What's for Dinner exhibition artifact: a 1965 panty girdle of sheer nylon and spandex with pop-art images on each leg.
