Fashion displays at Perkins House

The annual vintage open house at Perkins House will be Dec. 7 from noon to 3 p.m. "Treezilla" will be decorated as the front room center piece.

The Harmonium singers from Colfax High School will sing Christmas carols, and Hannah Strong will play harp music. This is a free event, but donations to the food bank will be accepted.

Perkins House volunteers, led by Strong, an expert on vintage fabrics and fashion, have begun changing out clothing displays.

Downstairs, in the main parlor, is a little girl's dress of peacock blue silk with wool embroidery. The decoration at the back waist, almost like...