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TFC News and Events Archive
2024
Oct. 1, 2024–Feb. 1, 2025: "Labor of Luxury: Embroidery from India to the World," CVAD Gallery, Art Building, Room 160
July 20 and 23, 2:45–4:15 p.m.: "Chanel in Detail," by Annette Becker, director, Texas Fashion Collection, Art Building, Room 259. Limited to 20. Reservations are required through UNT OLLI.
July 11, 7 p.m.: Lecture, "Immigrants, Innovators, and Icons: Jewish Americans and the Fashion Industry." Artifacts from the Texas Fashion Collection; hosted at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dallas.
July 9, 5:30–6:30 p.m.: "Moving the Needle: Stitches and Stories" by Annette Becker, director, Texas Fashion Collection, Robson Ranch Clubhouse, Denton, Texas. Reservations are required through UNT OLLI.
June 19, 6–8 p.m.: TFC + Dallas Arboretum present: "Botanical Couture: From Garden to Garment," at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, A Tasteful Place
June 1–Aug. 4: Exhibition "Floral in Fashion." Hosted by the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, organized by the Texas Fashion Collection, exploring the history of floral fashion. View the Hanae Mori hostess dress at the DeGolyer House, Dallas.
April 8–May 19: "Labor of Luxury: The Art of Embroidery from India to the World," exhibition by the Texas Fashion Collection at NorthPark Center, Dallas
2023
June 16, 9 p.m.: "Out of the Closet and into the Archive: Selections from the TFC," by Kendal Bolton, Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art, PRIDE Block Party
April 6, 6-10 p.m.: Texas Fashion Collection artifacts & presentation at the screening of "Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams," Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
March 3 & April 13: "Benefit of the Mount: Creating Custom Cases at the TFC"
Workshop offered through UNT OLLI
Ailie Pankonien, left, collection manager, and students Katherine Santos and McKenna Applewhite pose with a shoe display for the "Benefit of the Mount: Creating Custom Cases at the TFC," a workshop to provide a hands-on opportunities for visitors to learn about creating supports for artifacts. Programming is offered through UNT OLLI.
Feb. 14 & 27: "All that Glitters," A program led by TFC Director Annette Becker offered through UNT OLLI, Robson Ranch
2022
Sept. 9: The Texas Fashion Collection hosted 15 UNT Osher Lifelong Learning Institute for a "behind the seams" program sharing collection storage, care and cataloging.
Behind the Seams at the TFC
The program was led by Annette Becker, TFC director, TFC Ailie Pankonien, TFC collection manager, and Katherine Santos, CVAD graduate student and Onstead Fellow, highlighting the expertise they lend to the TFC's holdings. Santos spoke about artifact storage in the TFC permanent collection storage space and shares a dress by Patricia Lester, which is stored curled up in an acid-free box, a necessary storage technique to keep its mushroom pleats intact; and Ailie spoke about cataloging artifacts while OLLI attendees review examples on printouts from the TFC public database.
May 4: Glasstire, Texas Visual Art: TFC loans Givenchy dress to the Met
May 2: NBCDFW, Channel 5 Interview of Director Annette Becker, TFC at the Met
Feb. 16
NBCDFW, Channel 5: "UNT Fashion Exhibit Gives Rare Glimpse into Archive Collection"
NBCDFW-TV reporter Noelle Walker caught up with Annette Becker, TFC curator and director, to give Dallas viewers a look at "Delight: Selections from
the Texas Fashion College," the Spring 2022 exhibition in the CVAD Gallery. Watch
the interview.
Dallas Innovates: "UNT's 'Delight' Exhibition Celebrates Designs From Its Texas Fashion Collection"
Jan. 18: Art+Seek: "Delight: Selections from the Texas Fashion Collection"
2021
Nov. 8, 2021: "Delight: Selections from the Texas Fashion Collection"
Exhibition: Jan. 25-May 21, 2021, UNT CVAD Gallery, UNT Art Building, Denton, Texas
Nov. 7, 2:30 p.m.: Black in Fashion, a lecture by Annette Becker, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas.
Free | Limited seating
Reservations by Nov. 3: 903-595-1001
Nov. 7-Jan. 30, 2022: A Texas Fashion Collection collaboration with the Tyler Museum of Art!
Exhibition: "The Little Black Dress: Selections from the Texas Fashion Collection
+ Works by Nancy Lamb"
First Look Event: Nov. 6, 5:30-7 p.m., Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Oct. 22, 6 p.m. CDT, 7 p.m. EDT: TFC Director Annette Becker addresses the National Arts Club about "Fashion at Home"
Aug. 19: Texas Fashion Collection looks ahead to delight in the spring exhibition
Aug. 19, 7 p.m.: Annette Becker, panelist, Fashion Group International Dallas, Highland Park Village, Dallas; Women's Fashion & Lifestyle Panel
March 29-June 6: Fashion in Residence Exhibition, NorthPark Center, Dallas
March 29: "D Magazine" article — "UNT's Historic Fashion Collection are on View at NorthPark Center"
March 29: "Dallas Culture Map" article — "Comfy Quarantine Fashion Inspires Stylish new Exhibition at NorthPark Center"
March 25, 5-6 p.m.: TFC Collection Tour & Object Highlights; free and open to the public, join via Zoom
2020
September: Power Dressing: Women, Pants and the Fight for Equality
July: Video Interview
June: UNT Alumni Live! at the TFC
May: GQ
February: WFAA
2019
November: D Magazine
October: Denton Magazine, P. 38
Interview: Inside the TFC