FASHION HISTORY MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS EXHIBITION
Open Drawers, 2009, an exhibition at the Guelph Civic Museum will show highlights from the Fashion History Museum’s First Year of Acquisitions. This will open from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. on August 15 and will remain on display daily from 1 – 5 p.m. until August 30. The display will range from a late 18th century dressing table from the Liberty’s of London family to fashions by Worth, Biba, Westwood and Versace. Jessica Biffi, the young Canadian designer who appeared on Project Runway Canada, will present one of the dresses made from her design for the Winners challenge on the show. Her dress will inaugurate the Fashion History Museum’s collection of contemporary Canadian clothing known as our History in the Making collection. Refreshments will be served at the opening and there is no charge, although donations will be gladly accepted. Jonathan Walford & Kenn Norman Fashion History Museum, PO Box 848,Cambridge, Ontario, Canada N1R 5X9 Telephone:647.328.0017 (Toronto); 519.267.2091 (Cambridge) Charitable Number 82062 1290...
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