Dress & Drinks: Museum of Texas Tech University |Conversations on Dress | Costume Society of America

Join us as we speak with Dr. Marian Ann J. Montgomery, Curator of Clothing and Textiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Montgomery cares for over 34,000 objects, likely the largest collection of this type of material at a University in the United States. She enjoys making history come alive through the objects. She earned her Ph.D. in fashion and textile history/museum administration from New York University through studies in the Costume Institute and Textile Study Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has been a member of the Costume Society of America since the early 1990s and is the Secretary of the Southwestern Region. Dr. Montgomery has previously served as the Curator of Fashion and Textiles for the State Museum of Tennessee, Director of Interpretation for The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Archivist for the State Fair of Texas and Founding Curator and Director of Exhibits for The Women’s Museum. Her current work is Miss America Fashion with an exhibition catalog to accompany an exhibit of the same name to run December 22, 2021-June 22, 2022. She resides with her husband and dog in Lubbock, where she quilts in her spare time. Our cocktail for the evening: Paloma Rub a lime wedge around the edge of a highball glass, and dip the rim in salt. Add 2 oz of tequila and 1/2 oz of freshly squeezed lime juice to the glass, and fill with ice. Top with chilled grapefruit soda, such as Jarritos or Squirt, and stir briefly and gently t