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Comerica Bank prom dress drive returns with 7 DFW drop-off spots in 2026

The Comerica Bank North Texas Prom Dress Drive helps make prom dreams come true for local teens.

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It's time to start collecting dresses for the 2026 Comerica Bank North Texas Prom Dress Drive. The 11th annual event will provide dresses and accessories to local teens served by Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas, and Dallas CASA, helping to make prom dreams come true for high-schoolers across Dallas-Fort Worth.

According to a release, the 2026 drive begins Monday, February 2.

Dresses and ensembles of all sizes are welcome (including plus sizes, 20 and up). Garments can be new or gently used, but organizers do ask that they be cleaned.

They are also accepting donations of new or gently loved shoes, purses, jewelry, and accessories.

Donations can be dropped off at seven Comerica banking centers across Dallas, Plano, and Frisco. Those locations and hours for drop-off are:

Chapel Hill-Tollway: 2560 Dallas Pkwy., Plano. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday)
Forest-Inwood: 5200 Forest Ln., Dallas. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday)
Lovers Lane-Devonshire: 5647 W. Lovers Ln., Dallas. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday)
Mockingbird-Abrams: 6260 E. Mockingbird Ln., Dallas. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday and 9 am-12 noon Saturday)
NorthPark: 8850 Boedeker St., Dallas. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday and 9 am-12 noon Saturday)
Parker-Premier: 3310 Premier Dr., Plano. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday and 9 am-12 noon Saturday)
Preston John Hickman: 4111 Preston Rd., Frisco. (9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday)

Donations at Mockingbird-Abrams, NorthPark, and Parker-Premier banking centers will be accepted through 12 noon Saturday, February 28. The last day to donate for the other locations is by 5 pm Friday, February 27.

Contributors do not have to be Comerica Bank customers to donate.

Once the donations are collected and assembled, a "shopping" event for the teens will be held in March, and volunteers will be needed for set-up and personal shopping assistance. Watch for more information to come on the event website.

Project Beauty will again serve as the official drive partner, collecting dresses, donating beauty swag bags, and providing a complimentary prom-night makeover to one teen from each benefiting nonprofit.

"Since 2015, Comerica has donated 7,390 dresses, including 800 in 2025, to Dallas CASA and Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County and Greater Dallas," organizers say in the release.

For more information about the 2026 Comerica Bank Prom Dress Drive, visit the event's website.

This is the second big prom dress drive that's been announced for 2026; the annual St. Andrew Prom Closet at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano is also currently accepting donations.

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Rare Halston fashion exhibition now on display in unlikely Texas city

Halston: Inventing American Fashion exhibit Ellen Noël Art Museum

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An colorful eveningwear grouping takes advantage of Ellen Noël Art Museum's curved walls.

A rare exhibition honoring fashion pioneer Halston has popped up in an unexpected place: West Texas. Dallas fashionistas who are fans of the designer can make a five-hour pilgrimage to Odessa’s newly revamped Ellen Noël Art Museum to view "Halston: Inventing American Fashion."

Halston’s minimalistic fashions are rarely the subjects of retrospectives, although the designer’s dramatic life story recently had a pop-cultural resurgence through a 2021 Ryan Murphy miniseries. "Halston: Inventing American Fashion" assesses the talent that made him a household name.

Known now for outfitting 1970s icons like Liza Minelli and Bianca Jagger, Halston changed the international reputation of American sportswear as part of the famous 1973 “Battle of Versailles” fashion show, holding his own against Paris’ most lauded couturiers. His uniquely louche style still influences contemporary brands like Marc Jacobs, Zac Posen, and Tom Ford, who was briefly the creative director for a revised Halston label.

The mannequins in the Odessa display are outfitted with 75 ensembles from flowing Ultrasuede daywear to more dramatic draped gowns. The pieces “illustrate how Halston revolutionized fashion by prioritizing comfort, confidence, and modern femininity,” according to a release.

Although Odessa may seem an odd choice for the show, Halston had deep Texas connections. After he moved on from hat making, Amarillo millionaire Estelle Marsh was his sole backer willing to fund his first Madison Avenue boutique.

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An colorful eveningwear grouping takes advantage of Ellen Noël Art Museum's curved walls.

And the recently completed renovation of Odessa's Ellen Noël Art Museum has some of the designer’s signature sleek. Designed by architect R.J. Lopez, the renovation includes new galleries and improved circulation, but the centerpiece is a striking transparent façade, replacing the original brick of the 1985 building.

“The renovation project has been over 10 years in the making and in the construction phase for the past two years,” says the museum’s buildings manager, Steve Patton, via a release. “The completion of the project has resulted in an incredible facility that is a shining star in West Texas, offering programs and exhibits that will be a destination point for people all over the world!”

"Halston: Inventing American Fashion" will run through March 22. Admission to the Ellen Noël Art Museum is free.

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