K-State Nelly Don Exhibit Begins Greater Collection
Thanks largely to the work of Terence O’Malley with his film Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time and his companion book on Nelly Don, Kansas City has learned a lot about the daughter of Irish immigrants, Ellen Howard Quinlan Donnelly Reed, and her dresses.
K-State is now exhibiting its new collection of Nelly Don dresses at Justin Hall at what Marla Day, senior curator for K-State’s Historic Costume and Textiles Museum, considers to be the halfway mark in their quest to be the central location for exhibiting Don’s dresses.
“Whenever someone wants to find information on her designs, they’ll come to K-State,” said Day, instructor in the Department of Apparel, Textiles and Interior Design.
Among about 30 of Nell Don’s original dresses, the photograph displays tell Don’s life story. She grew up in Parsons, Kan., the 12th of 13 children, which she used to her advantage by mending hand-me-downs and teaching herself how to sew.
There’s more details on the story in K-State’s Collegian
The exhibit: Nelly Don: Dresses that worked for women can be seen from 1:30 to 5:00pm, Tuesdays through Thursdays, and 7 to 9pm on Tuesdays, from October 9 - November 11, 2007, at the ATID Gallery, 328 Justin Hall.
More on Nelly Don:
• Nelly Don Movie Available on DVD
• Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time
• Nelly Don Book
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