fbpx
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Print Edition
    • Get Home Delivery
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Submit Your Event
    • Customer Support
    • Submit A News Tip
    • Send Letter to the Editor
    • Where’s My Paper?
  • Our Newsletters
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial
Hudson Valley One
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s UP
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Subscribe to the What’s UP newsletter
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Log Out
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s UP
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Subscribe to the What’s UP newsletter
  • Opinion
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Log Out
No Result
View All Result
Hudson Valley One
No Result
View All Result

Rock City Vintage Fashion Show at Colony

by Tad Wise
April 21, 2019
in Art & Music
0
Rock City Vintage Fashion Show at Colony

Molly Farley and student

Molly Farley and student

On Friday, April 26, a fashion show at Colony Woodstock will celebrate styles of the 1970’s fifty years later, predominantly created by a mother-daughter team of seamstresses, and curated by the surviving daughter, Molly Farley.

A hundred years back a style of home-stitched “Woodstock dress” was proudly worn hereabouts. Fifty years later personally tie-dyed blouses and tees became the rage. In town today, shopping on-line has nearly eclipsed a tradition of creating one’s personal wardrobe, once passed from mother to daughter. Until, that is, you figure in the potent influence of Minnesota-born Molly Farley, who came to town 33 years ago — her Singer sewing machine zip-zapping out garments day and night.

Molly — who indeed learned to sew at her mother’s side — first sold a line of her own hats in Woodstock (patronized, for one, by Kate Pierson of the B-52’s.) It wasn’t until 2014, in the historically important building catty-corner from Colony Woodstock on Rock City Road, where she opened “Sew Woodstock,” that her contribution became, well…so Woodstock.

Naturally, town has seen its share of vintage clothing stores, (and Castaways remains a wonderful establishment) yet the moment Molly began to actually teach sewing, something downright ancestral stirred in a half-closeted community of seamstresses who began pouring through the doors of what had once been The Purple Elephant Café in the early 1970’s (and the legendary SS Seahorse well before that.)

To hedge the truckloads of alterations piling up at Sew Woodstock while concentrating more on classic threads, Molly’s business morphed two years ago into Rock City Vintage, and it will soon downsize again when moving a few doors up Rock City Road in September. But because of the skilled re-creation of period clothes within, Rock City Vintage will remain the locus of a cult invisible to the uninformed eyed.\

As a for instance, Lauren Conrad contacted Molly last fall saying, “I have boat loads of fabric.” It turns out Lauren’s parents, Jon and Jeanne Forster, ran a Woodstock shop in the 70’s called “Elegantique.” Among Lauren’s treasures were found Dutch hand-blocked fabrics in bright 70’s colors, and roll after roll Abraham Zurich creations, who sold to Givenchy and Yves Saint Laurent at $250 and more per yard. While wishing her own recently deceased mother/mentor could have run her hands and eyes through the trove, an idea took root in Molly’s mind. These Classic threads would be transformed into her own line of “Fresh Vintage” garments; Molly’s Mom, Karole Farley’s, period creations would have a segment all her own; and a third tier would showcase originals between 40 and 50 years old.

The models will be clotheshorse enthusiasts of the area moving to  groovy 70’s grooves provided by Dave Leonard. And wear your dancing shoes for the party to follow the show.

The Rock City Vintage Fashion Show and Dance Party will be at 8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) Friday, April 26 at Colony Woodstock, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock.

Tickets are $12 at the door in $10 advance at colonywoodstock.com, or by calling 845-679-7625. 

Join the family! Grab a free month of HV1 from the folks who have brought you substantive local news since 1972. We made it 50 years thanks to support from readers like you. Help us keep real journalism alive.
- Geddy Sveikauskas, Publisher

Tad Wise

Related Posts

Celebrate the musical legacy of America at Ulster County Historical Society
Art & Music

Celebrate the musical legacy of America at Ulster County Historical Society

August 2, 2025
91-year-old artist offers retrospective in Rhinebeck, opening this Saturday
Art & Music

91-year-old artist offers retrospective in Rhinebeck, opening this Saturday

August 1, 2025
Dual exhibit at Wired Gallery opens this Saturday
Art & Music

Dual exhibit at Wired Gallery opens this Saturday

August 1, 2025
Former Kingston tattoo parlor transforms to art space this Friday
Art & Music

Former Kingston tattoo parlor transforms to art space this Friday

July 31, 2025
Music icon plays an in-studio session in Woodstock this Sunday
Art & Music

Music icon plays an in-studio session in Woodstock this Sunday

July 25, 2025
Drive-By Truckers and Deer Tick play Accord this Saturday
Art & Music

Drive-By Truckers and Deer Tick play Accord this Saturday

July 24, 2025
Next Post
Village of New Paltz trustee race features four for two seats; mayor runs unopposed

Village of New Paltz trustee race features four for two seats; mayor runs unopposed

Weather

Kingston, NY
81°
Partly Cloudy
5:53 am8:09 pm EDT
Feels like: 84°F
Wind: 5mph SSE
Humidity: 55%
Pressure: 30.37"Hg
UV index: 7
ThuFriSat
81°F / 57°F
82°F / 55°F
84°F / 59°F
powered by Weather Atlas

Subscribe

Independent. Local. Substantive. Subscribe now.

  • Subscribe & Support
  • Print Edition
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Contact
  • Our Newsletters
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Free HV1 Trial

© 2022 Ulster Publishing

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Schools
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Crime
    • Politics & Government
  • What’s Happening
    • Calendar Of Events
    • Art
    • Books
    • Kids
    • Lifestyle & Wellness
    • Food & Drink
    • Music
    • Nature
    • Stage & Screen
  • Opinions
    • Letters
    • Columns
  • Local
    • Special Sections
    • Local History
  • Marketplace
    • All Classified Ads
    • Post a Classified Ad
  • Obituaries
  • Subscribe & Support
  • Contact Us
    • Customer Support
    • Advertise
    • Submit A News Tip
  • Print Edition
    • Read ePaper Online
    • Newsstand Locations
    • Where’s My Paper
  • HV1 Magazines
  • Manage HV1 Account
  • Log In
  • Free HV1 Trial
  • Subscribe to Our Newsletters
    • Hey Kingston
    • New Paltz Times
    • Woodstock Times
    • Week in Review

© 2022 Ulster Publishing