Local to Fairfield Talk Series | Corsets & Lace: Bridgeport’s Textile Industry
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Schedule
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June 3, 2025
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
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1080 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States
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. Free.
Co-presented with the Fairfield Public Library
Free
PLEASE NOTE: This program will be take place at the Fairfield Public Library.
Image: Advertisements for Lyon Waist Co. and Loomer’s Corsets, in 1896 Bridgeport City Directory. Fairfield Museum Library Collection.
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Dressed to Impress and its related programs are made possible in part by the generous support of Title Sponsor Cambridge Trust and Lead Sponsor Brody Wilkinson PC.
