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SEPTEMBER'S TOPIC: "WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: REIMAGINING FASHION THROUGH THRIFT STYLE"PRESENTATION BY MARLA DAY OF HUMANITIES KANSAS
Thrifting and upcycling are not new concepts. The practice of reusing empty feed sacks, flour sacks, and sugar sacks—also known as commodity bags—as raw material for clothing and other home goods was popular during the austere decades of the 1920s through the 1940s. This program highlights a collection of sacks from Kansas mills, thoughtfully selected to honor a family with deep Kansas roots in agricultural extension, 4-H, and a family-owned feed and farm supply store. This collision between commercial waste and homespun ingenuity provides a model for our modern emphasis on sustainability!
Marla Day is the curator of Kansas State University’s Historic Costume and Textile Museum in Manhattan.
“Waste Not, Want Not: Reimagining Fashion through Thrift Style” is part of Humanities Kansas's Speakers Bureau, featuring humanities-based presentations designed to share stories that inspire, spark conversations that inform, and generate insights that strengthen civic engagement
Doors open at 9:30am
Program starts at 10am in the DeVore Auditorium (2nd Floor) – Tour to follow at 11am
Non-Member Admission Fee – $2 (Annual Memberships available starting at $25- Learn more at: www.wichitahistory.org)
Refreshments provided by the “Friends of the Historical Museum” (served prior to program 9:30-10am).
(Due to capacity restrictions, program has limited seating of 60.)
The Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum’s Senior Wednesday programs are made possible through a generous grant from the Charles and Joanne McIlwaine Foundation.
Senior Wednesdays are informational and entertaining sessions, designed for active seniors and offered by a collaboration of local institutions. Learn more at: https://www.seniorwednesday.org/
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum offers their Senior Wednesdays on the 4th Wednesday of each month, January-October. Topics and presenters will be announced as scheduled; check back for updates.
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Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S Main St,Wichita,KS,United States
