Hot Cars, High Fashion, Cool Stuff: Designs of the Twentieth Century

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Slide presentation with exhibition details on "Hot Cars, High Fashion, Cool Stuff: Designs of the Twentieth Century," hosted by the Dallas Museum of Art from March 31 - July 15, 1996. The exhibition featured garments from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.

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Slide presentation with exhibition details on "Hot Cars, High Fashion, Cool Stuff: Designs of the Twentieth Century," hosted by the Dallas Museum of Art from March 31 - July 15, 1996. The exhibition featured garments from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.

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12 slides : col.

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Slide number two (2): features a photograph of a Charles James dress of light brown silk and black velvet. Slide number three (3): the exhibition installed, including a case with dressing items and two mannequins donning historic dress, one of which sits at a dressing table. Slide number four (4): the installed exhibition, including a mannequin wearing a 1920s beaded dress standing next to an abstract painting and a chair and end table. Slide number five (5): the installed exhibition, including two mannequins donning a formal dress and a black and white tuxedo, next to a monumental-scale painting. Slide number six (6): the installed exhibition featuring a series of mannequins on a three-tiered platform, with a mannequin to the left wearing a 1930s dress and four mannequins standing on various tiers wearing garments from the 1930s and 1940s. Slide number seven (7): the installed exhibition including items on a round raised platform, an Eames wooden leg splint, a low chair, a mannequin featuring a 1940s design, a Noguchi end table, and a wooden screen in a white gallery environment. Slide number eight (8): the installed exhibition including mounted wall text to the left and two mannequins sporting late 1940s designs next to a life-size fashion illustration and a chair. Slide number nine (9): the installed exhibition, featuring a variety of mannequins, furniture, and interior design items (likely all from the 1950s), shown on a low raised platform in a white gallery space. Slide number ten (10): the installed exhibition showing two tiers of materials in a white gallery space; on the lower level are two low informal chairs and a small end table, and on the top level are four dress forms showing minidresses by Pierre Cardin, Andre Courreges, Emilio Pucci, and Emanuel Ungaro. Slide number (11): the installed exhibition in a white gallery space, with a raised pedestal featuring small materials to the right and two mannequins to the left, one sporting a Stephen Burrows maxi dress and the other a John Stephens suit, both from the late 1960s. Slide number twelve (12): the installed exhibition, featuring three mannequins sporting 1920s, 1940s, and 1960s designs in a white gallery space with a coffee table, chair, and tapestry next to the mannequins.

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  • Preferred Citation: University Photography from the Texas Fashion Collection (AR1008), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Hot Cars, High Fashion, Cool Stuff: Designs of the Twentieth Century, image, March 1996; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2148923/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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