Immigrants, Innovators, and Icons: Jewish Americans and the Fashion Industry (with Annette Becker)

From pioneering retailer Carrie Marcus Neiman to custom dressmaker Lilli Wolff, Jewish Americans have made their mark on the fashion industry, and particularly so in Dallas. Annette Becker, curator and director of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection, joined us to share stories of Jewish change-makers in twentieth-century dress history, highlighting artifacts from the TFC.
About the Speaker
Annette Becker is an arts educator and material culture historian whose research focuses on dress history. She serves as the director of the Texas Fashion Collection, an archive of nearly 20,000 garments and accessories housed within the University of North Texas’s College of Visual Arts and Design. Becker’s curatorial projects and academic programming are informed by her professional experience in cultural institutions around the country, as well as graduate coursework in art history, art education, and history.
This program was presented in person at the Museum on July 11, 2024 in conjunction with the Museum's current special exhibition, Walk this Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes.