Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fibers professor Amie Adelman (left) and fibers lecturer Lesli Robertson examining a kimono with a shibori-dyed textile in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fibers professor Amie Adelman (left) and fibers lecturer Lesli Robertson standing next to a kimono with a shibori-dyed textile in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts & Design Art Education graduate student Cindy Davis conducting research on materials created by designer Lilli Wolff in the Texas Fashion Collection's workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a UNT College of Visual Arts & Design art history students learning from Dr. Denise Baxter in the Texas Fashion Collection Westheimer Research Gallery in the UNT Art Building. The course met on and focused on artifacts by Kehinde Wiley (robe in the background), dresses by Michael Faircloth and Arnold Scaasi (blue and pink dresses in background), Vivienne Westwood (corset on table), and eighteenth-century. menswear (hanging in compact storage).

Photograph of a UNT College of Visual Arts & Design art history students learning from Dr. Denise Baxter in the Texas Fashion Collection Westheimer Research Gallery in the UNT Art Building. The course met on and focused on artifacts by Kehinde Wiley (robe in the background), dresses by Michael Faircloth and Arnold Scaasi (blue and pink dresses in background), Vivienne Westwood (corset on table), and eighteenth-century. menswear (hanging in compact storage).

Photograph of materials that a UNT College of Visual Arts & Design art history course taught by Dr. Denise Baxter highlighted in a session at the Texas Fashion Collection Westheimer Research Gallery in the UNT Art Building. Materials highlighted include (left to right): 2012 dress by UNT fashion design alum Michael Faircloth, 1988 dress by Arnold Scaasi, 2012 dress by Mary Katrantzou, corset by Vivienne Westwood, eighteenth-century coat, and a 2022 robe by Kehinde Wiley.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion illustration undergraduate students holding sketchpads drawing artifacts at the Texas Fashion Collection in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion illustration undergraduate students sketching artifacts at the Texas Fashion Collection in Welch Street Complex 1. Professor Barbara Trippeer leans over to instruct students in the background, and featured artifacts include a black and pink cocktail dress by Victor Costa and a bright pink and lace evening dress by Cristobal Balenciaga.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fibers professor Amie Adelman (left), another person, and fibers lecturer Lesli Robertson standing next to a kimono with a shibori-dyed textile in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of showing Texas Fashion Collection collection manager Janelle McCabe and director Annette Becker in a construction zone that would later become the TFC Westheimer Student Research Gallery in the UNT Art Building.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fibers lecturer Lesli Robertson with a student walking in Texas Fashion Collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a UNT College of Visual Arts & Design art history student making notes about an Arnold Scaasi dress and a Michael Faircloth dress housed in the Texas Fashion Collection Westheimer Research Gallery in the UNT Art Building. The student conducted this research as part of Denise Baxter's course.