Frick Pittsburgh’s ‘Sporting Fashion’ shows how women dressed to play

Inline skating, 1890s. Photo: Brian Davis. © FIDM Museum. Courtesy American Federation of Arts
Inline skating, 1890s. Photo: Brian Davis. © FIDM Museum. Courtesy American Federation of Arts

Inline skating, 1890s. Photo: Brian Davis. © FIDM Museum. Courtesy American Federation of Arts

PITTSBURGH ─ The Frick Pittsburgh is pleased to be the debut venue for the presentation of Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960, organized by the American Federation of Arts (AFA) and the FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles. The first exhibition to explore the evolution of women’s sporting attire in Western fashion during this 160-year period, Sporting Fashion presents 64 fully accessorized ensembles comprised of more than 480 historic objects selected from the exceptional collections of the FIDM Museum. It opened July 3, continues through September 26, and includes garments and accessories from long-established sportswear brands such as Champion, Pendleton, Spalding, and Stetson, in addition to garments and accessories from key fashion brands such as Abercrombie and Fitch, Balenciaga, Chanel, Patou, and Pucci.

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