Painting the Town: 1920’s High Style
Painting the Town: 1920’s High Style ran from Thursday, October 8 – December 18, 2009 at Fashion on Main with great success.
This exhibition featured several extravagantly beaded gowns from the 1920s along with some unusual fashions which have been rarely displayed, including chic women’s hostess ensembles, and never before seen photographs from New York fashion designer Regina Kobler. These original photographs, salvaged from a personal scrapbook, were recently shown to the Texas Fashion Collection by Dallas resident Inarose Bogen, age 83, who is the niece of Regina Kobler. Mrs. Bogen also saved three ensembles from Mrs. Kobler’s personal wardrobe which include two rare pantsuits from the 1920s. Additional research on Regina Kobler will be conducted in New York this summer by Myra Walker in the archives at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the New York Public Library. Inarose Bogen of Richardson and her sister, Sally Hardy of Oakland, CA attended to share their recollections about their favorite aunt.
The beaded gowns included several dresses from the Texas Fashion Collection that had never been shown or rarely been out of storage, due to their fragility. The twenties flapper gown is a combination of luscious silk, satin, velvet that is covered in beads and sequins, which make each dress a unique work of art in its own right. These lovely evening gowns made a fitting tribute to “going out in style” that coincided with the opening of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts in the Arts District. Beaded dresses on loan from the Caralee Biery Smith private collection provided added sparkle to the exhibition. This exhibition had great appeal to members of the Dallas community, bringing back memories of the past.
Monday, October 12th, 2009
