The (Hi)stories of Our Clothes | Montreal Fashion Week

Come celebrate the stories told by our clothes during a festive evening at the McCord Stewart Museum as part of Montreal Fashion Week 2024!

The Dress, Fashion and Textiles collection includes more than 28,000 garments and accessories made or worn primarily in Montreal over the past three centuries. It covers every aspect of women’s, men’s, and children’s fashion from the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

Some of our clothes carry in their fibers the history of our families, our cultural heritage, the nostalgia of significant events, or the familiarity of everyday use, decade after decade. Which of your clothes have a particular meaning? Which pieces would you include in a museum collection to tell your personal story? Each of our garments will tell its unique story!

Program as of 5:30 p.m.

• Share your garment’s story
  Step into the booth to tell us a distinctive memory related to the item you chose to wear this evening.
  Your anecdote could be featured on the Museum’s website and YouTube channel!
• 6 p.m.: Attend a conversation exploring the expression of our true selves through our clothes, hosted by Lolitta Dandoy, fashion journalist and co-host of Tout le monde s’habille show with Marième Mboup (Yumböe), stylist and emerging designer as well as Marie Gagné, artist and content creator.
• 7:30 p.m.: Live styling created by Lolitta Dandoy, ambassador of Chaînon stores and with stylist Mlle Geri using thrifted items from Chaînon store.
• Bar ($) | Enjoy good taste with a twist, thanks to a complimentary beer from 1664 Blanc, official partner of Montreal Fashion Week!

Marième Mboup (Yumböe), Marie Gagné, Lolitta Dandoy, Mlle Geri

Exhibitions on view

• Last chance to visit Portraits and Fashion: Quebec Photographers Beyond Borders, extended until October 6!
• Artist-in-residence Michaëlle Sergile explores weaving as a form of art and expression in To All the Unnamed Women.
• Discover Indigenous ingenuity in clothing design and the significance of pieces in the exhibition Indigenous Voices of Today: Knowledge, Trauma, Resilience.

Admission

Paid activity on Wednesday, September 18, starting 5:30 p.m.

Become a Member!

Registration to this activity is included with the subscription of Young McCord Stewart membership $35  $17,50
Use the promo code AJEUNEMODE50 to get 50% off your membership!
You’ll enjoy unlimited access to the Museum for one year.

Admission fees

• General admission: $10
• Members of the Museum: free
• Members of Indigenous communities: free