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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Texas Glamour: Les Wilk Designs Exhibit at TWU Library

From beauty queen to Dallas elite, Les Wilk was a leader in the Texas fashion industry, 1969-1993.

             

In 1981, Les Wilk was appointed Director of the Southwest Institute of Design at Texas Woman's University. An exhibit of dresses from his Dallas clothing line will be on exhibit in the library, March 3-31. You can also see inaugural clothing designed for Gov. Ann Richards and Jan Bullock by Les Wilk and his TWU students.

Exhibit will be available in the TWU Blagg Huey Library: March 3-March 31, 2009

Special Event:
View the exhibit and enjoy a lecture honoring the designer
Texas Woman's University
Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
Thursday, March 26, 2009
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Speaker: Evelyn Wilk Utay
Exhibit Designer: David Lopez, TWU student in Fashion and Textiles

More Information: 940-898-3751
view more pictures (shared from Connie's Flickr photos)


Connie Maxwell
Dawn Letson