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“The Shoe Strides Forward: How Raising Hemlines Created the Shoes We Love Today” presentation by Heather Franks
August 18, 2022, 6 p.m.
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On Thursday, August 18, the Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion will host a special program called “The Shoe Strides Forward: How Raising Hemlines Created the Shoes We Love Today” presented by Heather Franks. She is the organizer and curator of the current fashion exhibit at the Overholser Mansion, Early Influencers: How Anna Overholser & Henry Ione Overholser Perry Set the Style for Oklahoma City Women, 1903–1929. Guests will learn all about the history of shoes from the 1920s to the present day. After the presentation, Franks will lead a guided tour of the Early Influencers fashion exhibit.
The exhibit, Early Influencers: How Anna Overholser & Henry Ione Overholser Perry Set the Style for Oklahoma City Women, 1903–1929, will be on display until Wednesday, August 31.
Tickets for “The Shoe Strides Forward” are $10 and will be available at preservationok.org/shop, beginning Monday, August 8.
