Local to Fairfield: Corsets & Lace: Bridgeport’s Textile Industry

Program Type:

Special Event

Age Group:

Adults
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will close on June 3, 2025 @ 6:30pm.

Description

In conjunction with the special exhibitions “Dressed to Impress” and “Building an American Voice”, join Fairfield Museum’s Program Coordinator Walt Matis to explore the major textile industries, manufacturing giants like Warnaco, and fashionable stores that called Bridgeport home.

Photo credit: Advertisements for Lyon Waist Co. and Loomer’s Corsets, in 1896 Bridgeport City Directory. Fairfield Museum Library Collection.

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