Si Jolie! French Fashion in Cleveland
On view through June 30, 2020
Cleveland History Center/Western Reserve Historical Society
Cleveland, Ohio
www.wrhs.org
Discover stunning Parisian chic on the streets of Cleveland in “Si Jolie! French Fashion in Cleveland.”
This exhibition showcases Clevelanders as global citizens since the 1870s. History buffs can travel alongside Clevelanders who shopped abroad, nostalgia-seekers can explore the city’s golden age of department stores, and music-lovers will experience the entertainment that served as a setting for these fashions.
“Si Jolie!” is about French fashion and all of the stories in between. It highlights how Paris fashion motivated Clevelanders to travel abroad, influenced local fashion, inspired the golden age of department stores, and how significant fashion was socially. Guests who visit this new exhibition will travel back in time and experience how fashion and travel have evolved over the years and how similar Clevelanders then were to those living here today.
Image credits: Mary Bolton Modeling Jacques Fath in Paris, ca. 1950. WRHS Registrar’s Files 86.64. Western Reserve Historical Society.
