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The Little Black Dress

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This exhibit features every woman's secret weapon, the classic black dress. Although a plain black dress was usually worn for periods of mourning in the Victorian/Edwardian era, it became fashionable in the 1920's with Coco Chanel and Jean Patou's designs featured in Vogue magazine.

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It has been the staple of women's wardrobes through the depression, the flu epidemics in the early 1900s, and World War I and II.

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Whether hemlines go up or down, skirts full or straight, strapless or not, silk, cotton or polyester, sexy or conservative - the classic black dress will continue to be an essential part of most women's wardrobes.

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The Little Black Dress exhibit will run throughout the year, with dresses being rotated in and out of the exhibit.

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Now open for the 2025 season
 

Spring and Fall: Saturday and Sunday, 10 to 2
Summer: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 10 to 2
Closed mid-December to mid-March
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Admission: Adults $10, children 7 to 17, $5
Free admission for Kirkman House members, NARM members, children 6 and under, and veterans

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(509) 529-4373
khm@kirkmanhousemuseum.org

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214 North Colville Street
Walla Walla, WA, 99362

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