Sample Press Release s1

Sample Press Release

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For Immediate Release

THE [SPONSORING ORGANIZATION] HOSTS MONTANA CONVERSATION “FASHIONING MONTANA: CLOTHING AND CULTURE IN THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN ERAS” WITH ANNE FOSTER

[City–date]

The [sponsoring organization] will host the Montana Conversations program “Fashioning Montana: Clothing and Culture in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras” with Anne Foster on [date of program]. The program will be at [location and time of program]. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana’s Cultural Trust, and private donations.

How can a hoopskirt be liberating, a corset comfortable, and just how do you sit down in a bustle? Foster answers these questions and more in this presentation combining historical photographs and reproduction clothing. More than simply whims of fashion, clothing design is a reflection of society, technology, and the economy. Using styles from 1850–1920, Foster links fashion to changes in gender roles, social status, industrialization, and politics. A fashion show featuring local models is incorporated into the program.

Foster has worn a corded petticoat while baking biscuits in 1864 Arizona, a hoop while spinning wool in 1865 Montana, a bustle to travel by narrow gauge train through 1876 Colorado, and an s-curve corset to pan for gold in 1905 Alaska. An archivist by day and owner of a historic house, she lives, works, and plays in history from Gardiner, Montana.

For more information, please call [sponsoring organization] at [phone number].

Contact person: [project organizer and phone number]