Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960

Participants will engage in a docent-led tour of the exhibit, after which facilitators Meg Howes and Diane Debevec will lead a circle for all to reflect on their experience with the art through intentional writing, listening, and sharing.

New and experienced writers are welcome. Bring your favorite writing materials or use supplies provided. Registration required. Open to All Genders 16+.

From the Taft Museum’s Exhibit Description

Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960 explores women’s ongoing negotiation of the demands of fashion, function, and feminine decorum. Featuring around 60 fully accessorized ensembles, it is the first exhibition to consider the evolution of women’s sporting and leisure attire, revealing how clothing was designed to accommodate a variety of activities ranging from horseback riding to golfing to motorcycling. As both athletes and spectators, women—and the innovative and stylish attire they wore—helped break down the barriers that had isolated them from the then male-dominated sporting world. Sporting Fashion is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles.