The prairie dress, you see it everywhere now, from the streets of bohemian Ojai, in your lifestyle magazine, on billboards… Why is that? In this MVC Insider, we look at the history of the prairie dress with Renee Tallent, Acting Curator of Collections, who dug in to the history of a particular prairie dress in our Collections with a fascinating history you won’t want to miss.


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