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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 28, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free june b5 tribute to fabric entertaining smooth silk by Garth Buchholz for the free press its been the worlds most romantic textile for hundreds of its its its expensive and it comes in a Multi tude of colours and the Rustle of the 1997 season exhibition of the Dugald costume is an elegant and entertaining tribute to that Ca Terpil la Woven fabric of Kings and com featuring 14 individual Tableaux that educate visitors through the use of multimedia presentations and visual dioramas from different this exhibition is also an example of the artistic maturity and vision of the museums located in a stones throw North of the Junction at Hwy 15 Dugald Road and or the museum is Only about six minutes East of the perimeter so its not a Long trip at inside the main gallery near the is a display about the history of silk and the silk visitors can sit Down in front of a com Puter terminal and easily navigate their Way through a Lively audiovisual presentation on another display features samples of the various derivatives of so that visitors can enhance their sen Sory experience by actually touch ing the samples on the some people May be surprised to learn that fabrics such As crepe and to name but a Are All derived from raw to emphasize the work of the most underpaid garment workers of them All the Bombyk a Caterpillar species mistakenly known As the silk worm the museum has also erected a White cocoon tent made of hanging from an equally giant sized Branch above that is adorned with Faux the oldest garment in the exhibition is a brocaded silk taffeta circa with its powder Blue and White Floral ample lace ruffle and this beautifully restored dress takes you Back to a time when dressing up for the Ball was like a theatrical the 60 years of elegance display features More items from the late 18th and Early 19th a Gen lemans circa is unbelievably foppish with its brocaded pattern of leaves and the fringed Satin boots circa 1830 seem like a bit of a throwback with their heedless design and ankle laces More like a Slipper than a the ladies of Paisley step out on the High Art review the Rustle of silk Dugald costume museum to november 2 if out of five the Green silk Calash circa is a classic Ladys Bonnet that most of us have Only seen in drawings or paintings of the with its ruffles to Frame the its accordion style folds in the Back and its Scarf like Necktie in the this hat was practical enough to protect a women hair and feminine enough to highlight the features of her dont didst travel in air conditioned Chrysler Back the Dugald costume museum has always excelled in its dioramas of different historical in this we have a honeymoon couple in what appears to be a train people in a dressmakers a win ter circa a formal dress party from the 1930s and Many the High Scotland display features mannequins dressed As scottish ladies of the Early 19th one is wearing a Paisley silk with Cape and the other is wearing a stunning Silver Pink silk brocade with an embroidered shawl made of Cream the clothing items Are All genuine articles circa and another area of the gallery that is not to be missed is the visual storage where Many of the smaller items Are on exhibit in display cases or pullout drawers where you can feel the looking through the 65 drawers in the visual storage visitors will find a variety of silk made artefacts from history such As childrens silk a Sari and even a which was used As ornamentation for a Mantle or the display cases have interesting information on Canadas silk train that once carried the fabric through the Rockies to bring it to there Are also other luxurious Gar ments such As a red silk velvet tur ban and an iridescent shot silk taffeta Waist Bill Cosby to testify at woman extortion trial associated press new York Bill Cosby will testify at the extortion trial of the woman who says she is his illegitimate Daugh say prosecutors who asked that he not be questioned on whether her claim is in a letter to Federal judge Barbara prosecutors asked that autumn Jacksons lawyer be barred from ask ing about the possibility Cosby is her they also want to bar other including Cosby net it is irrelevant whether Bill Cosby is or is not the father of autumn Jack the letter the questions for the jury will be whether the defendants threatened to claim to the tabloids that Bill Cosby was autumn Jacksons father if they were not paid a ruling is expected next the trial is set for july of los is charged with trying to extort million us from Cosby has said he does not believe he is her but conceded that he could be and admitted he supported her financially until she left defence lawyers said and two co defendants Only wanted Cosby to resume the is fact we dont know what causes multiple but research is closer to finding the multiple sclerosis society of Canada please support Haftle Suzanne West 2554204 the Winnipeg school division 1 program july 3 to 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