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 Texas Fashion Collection graduate student assistant Janelle McCabe working on mounting a 1956 Christian Dior dress in front of a a photo backdrop as part of TFC collection digitization in a workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a San Antonio Art Institute instructor, Alisa Otto, drawing students' attention to the pattern marking on the back of a Givenchy jacket in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of a group of metalsmiths including Umut Demirguc (left), James Thurman (middle), and a visiting artist (right) with Texas Fashion Collection director Myra Walker (grey vest) in Texas Fashion Collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1. They are all posing together for their portrait.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection student volunteers (including fashion design undergraduate Sarah on the left and art history graduate student Annette Becker on the right) mounting a dress on a mannequin as part of TFC collection digitization in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of two students from the San Antonio Art Institute mounting a Norman Norell dress in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of metalsmith Umut Demirguc (in blue) examining jewelry in a flat file draw in Texas Fashion Collection storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection collection manager and UNT Librarian Edward Hoyenski showing a western-style suit to a group of students in TFC collection storage 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 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 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 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 two students from the the San Antonio Art Institute visiting the Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1. The students are photographing a Norman Norell dress they mounted on a mannequin.

Photograph of a San Antonio Art Institute instructor, Alisa Otto, repairing the closure on a Norman Norell cocktail dress in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection collection manager and UNT librarian Edward Hoyenski leading a group of visitors from Fossil on a tour of TFC storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection collection manager and UNT librarian Edward Hoyenski leading a group of visitors from Fossil on a tour of TFC storage in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection undergraduate student volunteer Becky Howard assisting TFC graduate student assistant Janelle McCabe (hidden by the dress form) mounting an ensemble as part of collection digitization in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of members of a sewing guild examining an ensemble in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of Texas Fashion Collection staff celebrating Mardi Gras around a dress by Arnold Scaasi, including TFC graduate area assistant and UNT College of Visual Arts and Design art history graduate student Annette Becker, TFC collection manager and UNT librarian Edward Hoyenski, and TFC director and UNT CVAD fashion design professor Myra Walker, shown in a TFC workspace in Welch Street Complex 1.

Photograph of members of a sewing guild examining an ensemble in a Texas Fashion Collection workspace in Welch Street Complex 1. Texas Fashion Collectiondirector Myra Walker stands on the far left.