Photograph of Robert Sakowitz, a member of the family that founded Sakowitz department stores in Houston, with Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker in TFC collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Robert Sakowitz, a member of the family that founded Sakowitz department stores in Houston, with Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker in TFC collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor and Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker exiting the front door of the TFC's space in Welch Street Complex 1, marking her final day in those roles before starting retirement.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design Professor and TFC director Myra Walker showing nineteenth-century undergarments to undergraduate fashion history students in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design Professor and TFC director Myra Walker showing nineteenth-century undergarments to undergraduate fashion history students in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design Professor and TFC director Myra Walker showing nineteenth-century undergarments to undergraduate fashion history students in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection director and UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor, Myra Walker, mounting nineteenth-century undergarments during a lecture for undergraduate students in her fashion history course, with support from TFC collection manager Edward Hoyenski, in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection graduate student assistant Janelle McCabe mounting an evening dress by Escada as part of collection digitization in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of two UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design undergraduate students in a fashion history course examining a historic corset in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor and Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker showing a nineteenth-century "bust improver" undergarment to undergraduate students in her fashion history course in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of the Texas Fashion Collection staff making funny faces while standing next to a mannequin. From the back left to front right, people pictured are: McKenna Applewhite, Ailie Pankonien, Katherine Santos, Samoria Holland, (front) Annie Puga, Samuel Monson, and Andrew Jones. The photo represents the TFC's staffing during the fall 2022 semester, and the photo was taken in the Texas Fashion Collection's workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection graduate intern Keely Sanders mounting a dress designed by James Galanos and worn by Marilyn Hailey, shown in a photograph next to the dress.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection graduate intern Keely Sanders mounting a dress designed by James Galanos and worn by Marilyn Hailey, shown in a photograph next to the dress.

Photograph of a variety of Texas Fashion Collection garments mounted on mannequins in preparation for collection digitization efforts in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of former UNT Librarian and Texas Fashion Collection artifact donor Diane Wahl speaking to a group of visitors in the gallery "Fashion on Main" in the UNT System Building in downtown Dallas where the TFC exhibition "Sportswear to Athleisure: The Creation of Comfortable Clothing" was being celebrated in an opening event. Diane donated the argyle garment to the left, created by Wippette Sportswear.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor and Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker demonstrating a nineteenth-century undergarments to a group of UNT fashion design undergraduates studying fashion history. The session was held in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1 and was Professor Walker's final course session after teaching fashion history for nearly three decades.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor and Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker demonstrating a nineteenth-century undergarments to a group of UNT fashion design undergraduates studying fashion history. The session was held in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1 and was Professor Walker's final course session after teaching fashion history for nearly three decades.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor and Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker leading a tour of TFC storage to a group of UNT fashion design undergraduates studying fashion history. The session was held in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1 and was Professor Walker's final course session after teaching fashion history for nearly three decades.

Photograph of UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fashion design professor and Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker gives a lecture about nineteenth-century dress and undergarments to a group of undergraduate fashion design students studying fashion history in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of UNT CVAD fashion lecturer Matthew Porter and UNT CVAD fashion undergraduate (and Texas Fashion Collection intern) Samuel Monson examining a Jean Paul Gaultier leather vest on a cart in the TFC's storage area.

Photograph of an Issey Miyake dress from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection's permanent holdings, mounted in the Neiman Marcus Hub in Oaklawn in Dallas. The garment was mounted as part of a cultural partnership between Neiman's and the TFC.

Photograph of the back of a Mary McFadden dress from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection's permanent holdings, mounted in the Neiman Marcus Hub in Oaklawn in Dallas. The garment was mounted as part of a cultural partnership between Neiman's and the TFC.

Photograph of the back of a Mary McFadden dress from the UNT Texas Fashion Collection's permanent holdings, mounted in the Neiman Marcus Hub in Oaklawn in Dallas. The garment was mounted as part of a cultural partnership between Neiman's and the TFC.

Photograph of UNT Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker speaking with fashion editor and collector Hamish Bowles. They are sharing a pot of tea and discussing the upcoming Chanel Metier d'Arte event hosted in Dallas, for which Bowles was in Texas to attend.