Photograph of the cover of "The Blue Guitar" held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is blue/grey in color, a white rectangle in the middle containing a drawing of a blue guitar, with the title under it, followed by the contributors which are: Etchings by David Hockney, who was inspired by Wallace Stevens, who was inspired by Pablo Picasso. Inspired by Wallace Stevens’ poem. All the wording alternates between blue and pink letters, and along the margins of the white box are thick blue slashes and thin pink slashes. “The Man with the Blue Guitar,” which was inspired by Picasso’s The Old Guitarist, David Hockney created a set of 20 color etchings, for The Blue Guitar, to interpret the themes of the poem. This book is signed by the artist.

Photograph of books by Thomas Boreman, "Curiosities in the Tower of London" and "The Gigantick History," held by UNT Special Collections. Two books are propped up by each other, "Curiosities..." on the left and "Gigantick" on the right. They are both dark blue in color, the spine of the one on the left red, the one on the right black. In front of them are two propped up books of their same titles. They are both open to the title pages, and on the left pages are illustrations. Thomas Boreman authored about a dozen children’s books in his lifetime, each with the intent of sparking their curiosities in the world around them. Many of his books focus on landmarks in London, such as this first edition copy of The Gigantick History volume 2, published in 1740, which tells the history of Guildhall, a historic building in London. Curiosities in the Tower of London, published in 1741, is another of Boreman’s attempts to pique the interest of young readers. In it, he describes many exotic animals housed in the Tower of London. This illustration of a porcupine is a wonderful example of the somewhat odd yet charming, depictions of these exotic …

Photographs of "Experimental Researches in Electricity" by Michael Faraday, held by UNT Special Collections. The first shows the covers of the three books that are side by side each other, the two on the left are worn black in color and the one on the right a deep blue. The title is on the spines of the books, numbering Vol I, Vol II and Vol II fro left to right. Image 2, diagram inside "Experimental Researches in Electricity." The diagram extends out of the page, a circular figure in the middle, and boxes and pipe-like drawings around it. Michael Faraday worked on the topic of electromagnetism, which would become the basis for electric motors. Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity brought together ideas about supposedly different types of electricity, and provided the basis for research by future scientists.

Photographs of "Liber Bestiarum," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of two pages in the open book, the one on the left contains a colorful illustration of birds on a tree with flowers. Under it is medieval script with the first letter of the paragraph a giant blue P. The page on the right contains the same medieval script. Towards the bottom is a paragraph with the first letter being a big red A. The second photo is of the cover of "Liber Bestiarum." The cover is bright red, the spine containing four different boxes of illustrations along the spine of animals. The front of the cover contains the book title in gold script Above and bellow it blue and red illustrations of animals. This is a facsimile of the manuscript from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England and has 135 illustrated depictions of animals, including birds, reptiles, and fish. Bestiaries are manuscripts about animals, including real and imaginary illustrated depictions revealing a moral lesson. Bestiaries originated in the Ancient world but reached their height of popularity during the Medieval Period.

Photograph of a Uchikake from the 1970s on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of an ensemble by Halston on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of an ensemble by Halston on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments with designs by Pauline Trigere and Karl Lagerfeld on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments and a 1960 uchikake on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of the back side of the exhibition introduction plinth for the exhibit "Reimagining the Kimono" which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of a historic uchikake and garment by Issey Miyake on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of garments by Issey Miyake and Cristobal Balenciaga on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments with designs by Halston and Oscar de la Renta on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments with designs by Halston and Oscar de la Renta on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments with designs by Michael Vollbracht and Hanae Mori on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments with an ensemble by Cristobal Balenciaga on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments with designs by Issey Miyake and Cristobal Balenciaga on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of several historic garments on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of the exhibition introduction plinth for the exhibit "Reimagining the Kimono" which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.

Photograph of a group of mannequins featuring late 1960s fashion designs by Rudi Gernreich, Emilio Pucci, Pierre Cardin, Ronald Amey, and Geoffrey Beene, all drawn from the holdings of the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design Texas Fashion Collection, shown on March 27, 2017, in the TFC's space in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a 1959 ensemble by Cristobal Balenciaga on display at the "Reimagining the Kimono" exhibition which was mounted at NorthPark Center in Dallas and displayed from May 1 through June 27, 2017. The exhibition was curated by Texas Fashion Collection assistant director Annette Becker and drawn from the permanent collection of the TFC.