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A woman takes a photo of the front formal parlor at the Goodwin Mansion where a wedding dress worn by Mable Storer Decatur (Governor Goodwin's granddaughter) which is next to a contemporary designer's creation as part of “Thread,†the new exhibit on fashion at Strawbery Banke. Deb Cram photoDeb Cram/dcram@seacoastonline.co
June 24, 2012 2:00 AM
'Passion for Fashion Gala' at Strawbery Banke
On Saturday, June 30, Strawbery Banke Museum hosts the "Passion For Fashion Gala." The event, which supports the Museum's education programs and preservation efforts, will take place under a tent on the Museum's grounds at 14 Hancock St. in Portsmouth, beginning at 6:30 pm. The Gala is being held in conjunction with the Museum's exhibit, "Thread: Stories of Fashion at Strawbery Banke, 1740-2012."
Renowned fashion designer and television personality, Austin Scarlett ("Project Runway: All-Stars" and Lifetime's "On the Road with Austin and Santino"), serves as the evening's Emcee. Museum patrons, Lawrence A. Larose and Janet Y. Larose, who co-curated the exhibit with Museum curator Elizabeth Farish, and conceptualized the event, serve as co-chairs.
The Passion For Fashion Gala, includes a champagne reception and Celebrity Designers Runway Show, followed by a limited availability VIP Dinner.
A very limited number of tickets for the complete Passion For Fashion Gala may also be purchased on the Strawbery Banke website. The dinner catered by Chef Evan Hennessey of Flavor Concepts offers guests a "Past, Present & Future" menu. The highlight of the evening will be "A Conversation with Austin Scarlett" with Gala Co-Chairs Lawrence A. Larose and Janet Y. Larose presenting questions for the Lifetime TV and Project Runway star to answer.
The Passion For Fashion Gala promises to be an elegant and unforgettable evening and the highlight of the summer season for all those who attend. Guests are encouraged to wear "festive dress" (black tie optional).
The Passion For Fashion Raffle will bring the lucky winners to New York Fashion Week 2012, including a wardrobe styling and image consultation provided by Amy McLaughlin Lifestyles (value $500), roundtrip airport transportation via Green Rides USA (value $220), jetBlue Airlines gift card (value $300), gift card for luxury accommodations in Manhattan ($800), dinner for two at Alfredo's in Manhattan (value $300) and two tickets for New York Fashion Week 2012 to view the Spring Collection 2013 by Marchesa (value "priceless").
Raffle tickets, $50 each, are also available on Strawbery Banke's website: www.strawberybanke.org, and the holder need not attend the Gala to win.
(Shown: A woman takes a photo of the front formal parlor at the Goodwin Mansion where a wedding dress worn by Mable Storer Decatur (Gov. Goodwin's granddaughter) which is next to a contemporary designer's creation as part of "Thread," the exhibit on fashion at Strawbery Banke. Photo by Deb Cram).
'The Height of Propriety: Fashions Through Time of the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenaeum'
Clothing may not make the man â€" or woman â€" but Sandra Rux is sure the apparel of prominent Portsmouth citizens of the past will make a fascinating exhibit.
"The Height of Propriety: Fashions Through Time of the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Athenaeum" is on display at the Atheneanaum through Sept. 15.
"These people were the social and intellectual elite of the town," said Rux, curator for the Portsmouth Historical Society. "This is borne out by their clothes."
Among the items to be displayed in the Randall Room at the Athenaeum, a membership library and museum founded in 1817, are the militia hat of Charles W. Brewster (1802-1869), complete with cock feathers, as well as his famous book "Rambles About Portsmouth."
The elegant silk court coat of merchant and first envoy to the Far East Edmund Roberts (1784-1836)will be accompanied by a copy of the trade treaty he negotiated.
"The family obviously valued this; they kept the treaty and letters having to do with his service," Rux said. "I also have a cashmere shawl he sent back from India to the family."
Helen Haven Langdon (1870-1937) is represented by a black velvet hat trimmed with netting and paste diamonds as well as a white cotton monogrammed shirt Langdon had made in Paris. The shirtmaker still exists today, Rux said.
Langdon was an artist. Rux said the exhibit will include miniature paper dolls she created based on the characters from Charles Dickens' "Old Curiosity Shop."
There will be three dresses in the exhibit, including the wedding gown of Mary Ann Morrison May, who lived in the John Paul Jones House and after marrying James May, moved to the Rundlet May House on Middle Street.
Brewster's portrait will be in the exhibit, as will that of merchant Thomas Tarlton Tredick, whose daughter-in-law Abbie is also featured. Rux said Abbie Rowell Tredick's fur muff and ermine tippet â€" a neckpiece â€" is accompanied by the box the items came in.
"She was very precise," Rux said of Tredick, who kept a diary from 1860 to 1919 detailing everything from her wedding preparations to her many visitors and even her illnesses.
"She obviously treasured this fur her whole life," Rux said. "She kept a written record on the box of when she took it out and when she replaced it."
The exhibit runs through Sept. 15. It overlaps with Fashion Night Out in Portsmouth Sept. 6, an after-hours shopping event, and is held in conjunction with "Thread: Stories of Fashion at Strawbery Banke, 1740-2012."
About 20 proprietors are represented in the free Athenaeum exhibit, which is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m., at 6-8 Market Square.
Rux will give a gallery talk as part of Fashion Night Out Sept. 6 at 5:30 p.m. The talk requires reservations, which can be made by calling 431-2538, ext 2. For information, go to www.portsmouthathenaeum.org.
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