**Bring your own special keepsakes, supplies, scrapbook, journal or handsew one! We’ll have a variety of textiles/paper available. While supplies last!**
Little Black Dress at 100
WICHITA ART MUSEUM
JUNE - NOVEMBER 2025
“This is the biggest honor & I am SEW grateful for everyone who entrusted me with this exhibit. Thank you to Wichita Art Museum, Sedgwick County Historical Museum, K-State Costume & Textile Museum, Texas Fashion Collection & many more.
- Nina @TISSU Sewing Studio
Fashion lovers, don’t miss the opening this Saturday ◆ “Little Black Dress at 100” at the Wichita Art Museum ◆ In honor of the upcoming 100th anniversary of Coco Chanel’s groundbreaking little black dress, WAM presents an exhibition that traces how this iconic garment—affectionately known as the LBD—has evolved over the past century. The color black forces designers to concentrate on line, texture, and cut, and to be especially attuned to how fabric drapes over the body. At the same time, the little black dress offers a blank canvas—adaptable, enduring, and endlessly reinterpreted through shifting styles and cultural moments. ◆ This exhibition features LBDs drawn from the collections of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum and the K-State Historic Costume and Textile Museum. From high-end designer pieces to affordable, everyday versions, every dress on view was worn by a Kansas woman. Including a 1950s Coco Chanel cocktail dress from the Texas Fashion Collection (thank you, Annette Becker!) and a recreation of the original LBD in Vogue from 1926, and a contemporary LBD made by Nina Winter of TISSU Sewing Studio ◆ “Little Black Dress at 100” opens this Saturday ◆ FREE Admission ◆
Sheer (Over) Dress Workshop by ANRI WHEN: Sunday 4/19/20 2pm-5pm WHERE: TISSU Sewing Studio COST: $55
Part II: Sew your very own sheer (over) dress & coverup. Suitable for beginners & all sewing levels. Love what you see? Let us know & we'll add more projects/sessions, just for YOU!
Custom pattern & all supplies included. Students will be contacted after registration w/textile, color choice, size, & details. Space is limited. Ages 16+.
