Wandering Wardrobe

On November 7th I got to visit Denton High School for Onstead and Wandering Wardrobe.

This is a court coat from the 1780s. It, along with lesson plans and information about its historical relevance, craftsmanship and creations, will be available for check-out for classrooms starting in the spring.

On this day, however, it was escorted by myself and Annette Becker. Me, just to observe, answer individual questions & take pictures, and Annette to give her amazing talk.

Annette spoke to the class and then pulled out the garment for closer examination.

The students were able to interact with historic fashion, while learning about its placement within history. It bridged the skills used to create the piece to to skills they are learning in their class in current day.

The specific focus, of the court coat is its amazing embroidery. Since the students are also learning to stitch they shared their own work with us. 

We were able to converse one-on-one with students about their aspirations in art and fashion and to help direct them on that path. This day was a really awesome experience.