The Hiwan Homestead Museum and Monarch Productions are pleased to announce The Corset-Out Fashion Show, Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 1:00pm. The show is presented by fashion expert, Shereen Johnston of Woodland Park, Colorado and produced by Colorado’s premiere Old West events company, Monarch Productions, of Lakewood, Colorado.
This informative presentation will feature fashions mainly for women, from the 1860’s to 1899, with a dash of gentlemen’s haberdashery. Satisfy your curiosity of what women wore under all those layers, starting with the form-changing corset. Men’s fashions include a variety of frock coats and other vêtements pour homes.
Tickets are $10 per person, which includes refreshments. Seating in The Timbervale Barn, 4132 S. Timbervale Dr., Evergreen, (behind the Hiwan) is limited, so reserve your seats early. For more information and tickets, contact Meghan Vickers at 720-497-7650. For show information and to volunteer, contact Lee Michels at 303-975-1151.
Hiwan Homestead Museum is a 25-room log mansion constructed in the Rustic style of architecture. It is located in Evergreen at 4208 S. Timbervale Drive and is a Jefferson County Open Space facility operated through a partnership with the Jefferson County Historical Society. The Museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Benefits the Jefferson County Historical Society.
