Jan 14, 2020

'Fashion on the Fort Frontier' featured at historic Fort Hays

Posted Jan 14, 2020 2:43 PM
Fort Hays blockhouse
Fort Hays blockhouse

The 33rd annual meeting of the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays will be held at 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 26 in the historic Fort Hays Visitor's Center.

The meeting will begin with a program on historic fashion "Fashion on the Fort Frontier" by textile preservationist Jennifer Tracz. 

Tracz began her career as a wedding gown designer while attending the University of Kansas. She continued to design gowns after completing her BFA in textile design. After completing her graduate coursework in Collections Management for Costume and Textile, she has worked for museums across western Kansas and Colorado helping manage, preserve and display textile and fashion collections.

 As a textile preservationist, she enjoys working with small museums to further enhance and display their collections.

Join us for this program about how fashion evolved and transcended in western Kansas near Fort Hays.

If you have a textile item and would like to learn more about how to preserve and conserve it, Tracz has agreed to look at items at the end of her program. Please, only textile items.

Following the program will be a short break. Cookies, coffee, and tea will be provided.

After the break, a meeting of the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays will be held.

This will allow the members of the Friends to hear first-hand the progress that has been made in developing the site as well as future plans.

The program is open to the public. There is no charge to attend the program and meeting.

Fort Hays State Historic Site is located four miles south of I-70 exit 157 at Hays.

For more information contact Fort Hays State Historic Site, 1472 Highway 183 Alt., Hays, KS 67601-9212: 785-625-6812 or [email protected]