{"id":55238,"date":"2025-07-17T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=55238"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:16:57","slug":"dress-dunlop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/dress-dunlop\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewn for a Hum Ec Class in the \u201950s, Alum\u2019s Dress Comes Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Ithaca resident Peggy Flynn Dunlop \u201959, MS \u201963, has donated the striking red garment to the Fashion + Textile Collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-940dc0d15793e674a9ba398b7526eb84\"><em>\u201cBear Hugs\u201d celebrates heartwarming stories of Cornellians on the Hill and around the world. Have an idea? Email us at <a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;lt&#111;&#x3a;&#99;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#108;&#x6c;&#x69;&#97;ns&#64;&#99;or&#x6e;&#101;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#101;d&#117;\">&#x63;or&#110;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x69;&#x61;&#110;&#115;&#64;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#110;&#101;l&#108;&#46;&#x65;d&#117;<\/a>!<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As a sophomore, Peggy Flynn Dunlop \u201959, MS \u201963, made a red dress for a pattern-design course in Human Ecology. Now\u201468 years later\u2014that garment has made its way back to the Hill to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.human.cornell.edu\/hcd\/about\/facilities\/fashion-textile-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fashion + Textile Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunlop sewed the dress from silk\u2014with Chinese motif circles woven into the fabric\u2014that her father had brought her back from a business trip to the Far East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Peggy Dunlop and 15 other woman wearing dresses smile for a photo before heading to formal.\" class=\"wp-image-55255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-1264x843.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-632x421.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-316x211.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Dickson-formal-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dunlop (front row, far left) with members of her Dickson V corridor before a formal event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She created the side-slit, below-the-knee-length dress in a Chinese-inspired style\u2014partly in homage to Hong Kong, where she was born to expat parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI designed it with the idea of frogs as closures\u2014but the only frogs that you could buy were in black, and I wanted them to match the dress,\u201d recalls the longtime Ithaca resident, now aged 87. \u201cI knew I\u2019d have to figure out how to make them myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So she headed to CALS\u2019 Mann Library, where she found a book with instructions on constructing the frog-shaped closures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The side of the red dress made by Peggy Dunlop that shows the details of the frog closures.\" class=\"wp-image-55253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_011-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">jason koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A detail of the left side, with Dunlop&#8217;s handmade closures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She hand-crafted each one from cording that she covered in the same red silk fabric before carefully stitching it to the dress so it could function like a button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunlop doesn\u2019t remember exactly how long the dress took to make\u2014but it did require a trip to NYC\u2019s Garment District during spring break, after she ran out of red silk before making the underskirt, and bought the closest match she could find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dress earned her high praise in class\u2014and although Dunlop only wore it to a few fraternity Christmas parties, she never parted with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A headshot of Peggy Dunlop as a student.\" class=\"wp-image-55251 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2527-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption>A senior portrait from her Cornell days.<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\u201cI guess there was a reason that I held on to it all these years,\u201d she observes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dress is currently on temporary exhibit in a display case in the Human Ecology Building. As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/fashion-textile-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fashion collection<\/a>, it joins more than 10,000 items of apparel, textiles, and accessories from the 18th century to present day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe design showcases an exceptional level of craftsmanship and originality for a student garment,\u201d says collection director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.human.cornell.edu\/people\/dng22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denise Green \u201907<\/a>, an associate professor of human centered design.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe dress is also deeply personal, and reflects so much about Peggy\u2014including her attention to design and eye for both modesty and movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunlop\u2019s love for sewing began at age 11, when she learned the craft from her mother and grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:0px\">\n<p>I guess there was a reason that I held on to it all these years.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As she explains, she honed her skills as a seamstress for reasons both personal and practical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Childhood polio had left her with curvature of the spine, which made it difficult to find off-the-rack clothing that fit comfortably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The red dress, while one of her more memorable creations, was just one of many garments she sewed for herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Peggy Dunlop smiles photo a photo with her mother and mother-in-law while wearing her cap and gown during commencement.\" class=\"wp-image-55254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/commencement-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With her mother (left) and mother-in-law at Commencement for her master&#8217;s degree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, she says, \u201cit\u2019s such a wonderful feeling to know it\u2019s someplace where it can be appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After earning her undergrad degree in what\u2019s now known as design and environmental analysis, Dunlop moved to San Francisco with a Delta Gamma sorority sister and worked as a high school home ec teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The design showcases an exceptional level of craftsmanship and originality for a student garment.<\/p>\n<cite> Collection director <strong>Denise Green \u201907<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>She spent two years in what she calls an \u201cabsolute dream job,\u201d before heading back to the Hill to earn a master\u2019s degree, which was required to obtain a permanent teaching certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019d taken a leave of absence, intending to return as quickly as she could\u2014until fate intervened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Peggy Dunlop's hand holds an old photo from a newspaper of her and three friends playing leading roles in a variety show at Cornell.\" class=\"wp-image-55256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/2025_1237_JK_019-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">jason koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dunlop holds a newspaper photo of herself (far left) wearing the dress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI ran into a classmate who would become my husband,\u201d Dunlop recalls. \u201cPreviously, we had only met the first week of classes, when we were both freshmen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She and ILR alum David Dunlop \u201959 were married for 60 years until he passed away in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David, who worked as a University fundraiser for nearly four decades, had been a Big Red star <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellbigred.com\/honors\/hall-of-fame\/david-r-dunlop\/97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrestler and football player<\/a>. He was inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Their children include a fellow Hum Ec alum, Lauren Dunlop Schler \u201900.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also an avid quilter, Dunlop collected more than 2,000 bolts of fabric over the course of many years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A.jpeg\" alt=\"Peggy Flynn Dunlop walks arm-in-arm down the aisle in her wedding dress and veil with husband David Dunlop.\" class=\"wp-image-55303 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A.jpeg 824w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A-300x283.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A-768x723.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A-632x595.jpeg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A-316x298.jpeg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A-400x377.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A-200x188.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/DSCF2534-1-A-100x94.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption>With David on their wedding day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, she donated all of it\u2014eight box trucks\u2019 worth\u2014to help start Ithaca\u2019s Community Quiltmaking Center, where local residents can quilt for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Says Dunlop: \u201cThe gifts that I have given are giving back to me in very special ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Published July 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: Dunlop with the dress, currently on display in the Human Ecology Building with other items from the Fashion + Textile Collection. 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