The Minnesota History Center isn't normally thought of as risqué.
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The Minnesota History Center isn't normally thought of as risque. But it's annual RetroRama celebration brought undergarments out in the open.
By Story and photo by sara glassman, Star Tribune
May 21, 2011 at 2:55PM
However, at the St. Paul center's annual RetroRama celebration of all things vintage, the new "Munsingwear: A Brief History of Underwear" exhibit brought undergarments out in the open.
Most guests wore full-coverage vintage 20th-century clothing as they browsed the museum's offerings, decorated spectacles, enjoyed baking and cocktail demonstrations and watched a fashion show featuring local burlesque dancers modeling modern interpretations of vintage foundation garments.
Though the Minneapolis-based Munsingwear started in the 19th century with itchless union suits made from a wool and silk fabric, its product line later shifted to include bullet bras and the flirty Hollywood Vassarette line.
"I would wear a union suit," said an inspired Xavier Matos. "Not in the summer, but in the winter, I'm actually pretty close to it."
Those unmentionables were definitely worth mentioning.
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Story and photo by sara glassman, Star Tribune
He has stepped boldly into the chair left by the theater’s founding director, Peter Rothstein.
